Clarion 1978-05-05 Vol 53 No 23

Bulldozers create dirt sculptures as a sideline to dorm construction.
Student needs affect dorm plan
Old campus considered for fall housing
by Paul A. Olsen
In order to alleviate next year's
imminent housing shortage, the
Bethel administration is attemp-ting
to extend its lease on old
campus.
Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing,
said that Bethel has sent a re-quest
for an extension of the lease
on the government-owned pro-perty
to the U.S. Department of
Labor in Washington, D.C.
If the lease is signed and return-ed,
Bethel will have use of the
dorms, field house, and boiler
building until December 31, 1978.
The lease, however, contains the
stipulation that it can be ter-minated
on a thirty-day notice.
With old campus, Bethel
presumably wouldn't look any
further for student accommoda-tions.
Old campus is available
because of delays in approving
the Job Corp's use of the facility.
Recently, a district court ruled
that the government must supply
an environmental impact state-ment
to the neighborhood.
This impact statement would
essentially study crime in the
area, said Bob Moder of the
Como-Falcon Heights Communi-ty
Coalition.
Moder, who ran unsuccessfully
for City Council last month, says
the neighborhood group "will
fight this thing to the very end."
He views the court decision as a
victory, but will not be satisfied
until the Job Corps is permanently
disallowed from the Bethel site.
Governor Perpich is presently
trying to arrange an agreement
prohibiting admittance of
"criminals" to the center, but it is
unlikely that the Department of
Labor will agree to this.
Even if the Job Corps is unex-pectedly
approved, according to
Director of Student Affairs Mack
Nettleton, Bethel is likely to get
the lease extended to December.
He said the Job Corps will need
time to remodel the college
building, freeing the dorms for
occupation.
If the Job Corps isn't approved
shortly, as seems likely, it is very
possible Bethel's lease would be
extended through the entire
'78-'79 school year.
David Shelley editor Thangi Chhangte copy editor The Clarion is published weekly
Greg Smith feature editor Debbie Bunger production editor by the students of Bethel College
Suzi Wells news editor Phoebe Morgan production editor Letters to the editor should be sent to
Paul Olsen copy editor Juan Ramos cartoonist p.o. 91 by the Sunday before publication THE CLARION Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota Vol.53, No.23, May 5, 1978
Unexpected expenses
jack up cafeteria prices
by Suzi Wells
Many students complain about
the prices of food in food service.
"This piece of meat is not worth
one dollar," the students argue.
"Food service must be making
money off us."
But Wayne Erickson, co-director
of food service, claims
this is not so. "People think that
we're out for the profit," he said.
"But if we come out even this
year, it's only because we've been
praying."
Students actually do pay 2.5
times what the food costs, he
said. He also agreed that the
prices students are paying are not
what the food itself is worth.
However, he added that
students need to look at all the
other expenses that food service
has in order to understand what
they are charged for a meal.
A large percentage of what
food service spends is not on
food. This year the total expenses
will be about $500,000. It has been
a particularly hard year with in-creases
in utility bills. Equipment
repairs have been frequent, also.
About $6000 has been spent
this year on replacing and repair-ing
equipment. This does not in-clude
the cost of replacing 600
teaspoons next year, Erickson
noted.
A dishwasher that needed
repair cost $700, and a cracked
boiler in the steamer cost between
$500-$600 to repair. Also, labor
costs for equipment repair are at
least $20 an hour.
"Most of the equipment has
been on guarantee for five years,"
Erickson explained, "and we have
been on this campus for longer
than five years." Hopefully, with
the new repairs, next year will not
be such a hard year financially.
Besides paying for repairs and
utilities, other costs include
salaries of food service workers,
which run about $175,000. Food
service employs many students
andalso several full-time workers.
"The full-time staff is not over-paid,"
Erickson said. "I think that
the people are worth more than
they are getting paid."
Included in salary costs are
general benefits, such as in-surance.
This year a couple of
people have been out because of
illness, and food service pays their
salaries and covers any medical
expenses that they may have.
Also, it must pay for someone to
sutstitute.
"We are not overstaffed by any
means," said Erickson. Each per-son
does a variety of different
jobs."
Other expenses food service
has include cleaning
supplies,which run up to $6000 a
year, and another $6000 for paper
products annually. Laundry ex-penses
come to about $2000 a
year.
Erickson also said that six per
cent of any income food service
makes goes back into the general
fund, which is distributed in other
departments in school.
One way food service tries to
meet the rising costs is by offering
outside catering services. "Cater-ing
is helping keep student food
costs down," Erickson said.
Even with the help of outside
catering, prices will inevitably go
up next year, since food prices are
rising about 8 per cent. The
minimum price of meal cards for
new campus residents will pro-bably
be $475 next year, a $25 in-crease.
by Denise Hansen
The return of dump trucks and
digging marks the beginning of
construction on two of the pro-posed
five new dorms to be built
on the hill below the tennis
courts.
The first dorm being built,
housing 143 students, is schedul-ed
for completion October 1. The
second dorm, containing beds for
137 students and a resident's
apartment, is scheduled for com-pletion
in January.
The dorms will have three
floors, each consisting of two
wings separated by a central area.
The central areas in the new
dorms will be more than lounges.
The bottom level center are will
contain a recreation area and an
enclosed kitchen. The middle-level
central area will be a larger
lounge, with a fireplace and a
smaller lounge which may be clos-ed
off. The central area of the top
level will be the laundry area and
a small lounge.
The new dorms will be air-conditioned,
and contain other
"extras" brought to the attention
of Mack Nettleton by students,
such as a mirror provided on the
back of the room doors, a sink in
each bathroom for hair washing,
one locker provided for each
room, a 2-inch layer of concrete
then carpeting on the floors to
lessen the noise, and two ceiling
lights in each room. One light will
be above the dressing area, and
one above the sleeping area.
"We hope to have three more
dorms completed by September
of '79," said Nettleton.
This week's Clarion was
produced by next year's
Clarion staff, led by David
Shelley, editor, Greg
Smith, feature editor, and
Suzi Wells, news editor.
Others on the new staff
are copy editors Paul Olsen
and Thangi Chhangte, pro-duction
editors Debbie
Bunger and Phoebe Mor-gan,
sports editors Carol
Madison and Steve Erick-son,
arts editor Betty
Logan, business manager
Patti Backlund, columnist
Shelly Nielsen and return-ing
cartoonist Juan Ramos.
THERE ONCE wi9S AN OID /N ST/ rUT/GA/ WHO
A /VED /N A SHOE) SHE HAD 50 tolvvy STUDENTS,
SH4 ./D NT k/1/ow WHAT- ro Do!
So SHE D EC/Dk.0 TD lA/C24.0SE
I/ER E/vRo44mkNr ro 2000.i "9/10 Posi /8IV REArr our-
OlD coisoP2T- Boor- 4lig SCUP MI-NE' Goitt:RAMONrf
Monest to goodness
When the subject of lifestyle emerges in a conversation, students are
quick to point fingers, evaluating the lifestyle in their own terms and
seldom approaching the subject openly.
An article appearing in the April 28 issue of the Clarion carefully
' analyzed the lifestyle of Bethel and what it represents. In short, the ar-
. tide pointed out that the policies of Bethel lifestyle are distinctives
which define and reflect the nature of the college.
While Bethel is often academically compared to the many Minnesota
colleges about the Twin Cities, there is no corresponding comparison
to be made in terms of lifestyle with the notable exceptions of St. Paul
Bible College and Northwestern College.
Although several of these schools at one time began with sincere
Christian commitments, they have since lost their distinctiveness and
lifestyle standards have become a thing of the past.
At the four schools surveyed within the Christian College Consor-tium
these basic standards have been preserved. But a comparison of
Bethel's lifestyle statement to that of Gordon College, Wheaton Col-lege,
Taylor University and Westmont College reveals some interesting
points to be considered.
First, Bethel's statement of community expectations issued to the in-coming
freshmen during the summer of 1977 failed to clearly em-phasize
and define the behavioral standards required by the Bethel
community.
The use of alcoholic beverages, narcotics, tobacco and gambling
were identified by Bethel as social practices detrimental to the common
good of the community. No direct mention was made regarding the re-quired
abstinence from such practices.
The following statement appears in the recent Wheaton catalogue:
"The College requires members of the communtiy to refrain from
gambling and from the possession or use of alcoholic beverages, tobac-co,
non-medicinal narcotics or hallucinogenic drugs including mari-juana,
and from social dancing."
While other consortium schools "require" abstinence from such
detrimental social activities, Bethel College "expects" and "anticipates"
such abstinence.
In order to preserve the integrity of the Bethel lifestyle, the wording
of the statement of community expectations issued by Bethel needs to
be made stronger and more concise.
Secondly, Bethel needs to clearly define what is meant by the terms
"exercise discretion," and "indiscriminate use." The use of such am-biguous
terms creates an air of wonderment in which students are left
unsure as to what is actually meant. Ambiguous terms themselves
create poor communication. And poor communication should be
avoided when attempting to communicate important values and
behavioral expectations.
In recent years, the Bethel lifestyle has received increased testing.
Once uncommon problems have since become the source of closet
conversations and concerned students have begun wondering whether
Bethel's standards have been lowered or whether the college has
become more lenient in admitting new students.
Yet according to Merri Lee Hipp, recruitment Coordinator in the ad-missions
office, admissions policies have become if anything, more
demanding.
The first step towards an eroding lifestyle lies in a decreased em-phasis
upon its values. A poor communiction of these values can infer
such a loss of emphasis. The values themselves then, need not be chang-ed.
But they need to be more clearly defined.
With an awareness of this need, the lifestyle of Bethel can continue
to emulate the distinctiveness associated with Bethel College.
Handrail installation urged
Early this semester Lyn Gustafson, townhouse west housemother,
slipped on ice while descending the stairs between the west townhouses
and broke her ankle. Fortunately her baby Jared, whom she was carry-ing,
was not injured.
Such accidents are not uncommon on various outdoor stairs at
Bethel. As it is impossible to keep the stares cleared of ice during the
winter months, a logical solution would be to provide handrails at the
necessary locations.
In past seasons the problem has only come to attention when the
ground is too frozen to install the rails. We suggest that the
maintenance department install them now, while the weather is warm.
Grudem refutes Chapel speaker's view
Lifestyle st.aft• eme• nt needs clan cation
Dear editor,
The criticisms of Biblical iner-rancy
made by Jack Rogers last
Friday in chapel were unsatisfac-tory
in at least three ways:
(1) Those who support inerran-cy
(and I count myself among
them) argue for it on the basis of
overwhelming evidence in Scrip-ture.
Far from being merely a
Page 2
"human theory," I am convinced
that it is a true summary of what
God's Word claims about itself
(Ac. 24.14, Lk. 24.25, Rom. 15.4,
I Cor. 10.11, Prov. 30.5, Ps. 12.6,
Ps. 119.96, Titus 1.2, etc.).
(2) The real issue is not whether
the Bible always uses technically
precise modern language, for
responsible advocates of inerran-cy
have always claimed that
Scripture must be understood in
cont. on page 3
by Shelly Nielsen
During a moment of generosity
induced by desperation, this
year's "Closed Mind"/next year's
Clarion editor offered a struggling
young journalist a '78-'79 colum-nist
position. I made the follow-ing,
intelligent reply.
"Huh?"
Appalled, I considered the
awesome, legal, moral and in-tellectual
responsibilities of such
a task. I was afraid.
How could I presume to fill that
sacred spot still warm from the
sizzling treatises of Healy, Troxel
and Erickson?
I got a "B" in W.A.R. I own a
secret collection of Grace Liv-ingston
Hill books. Until "The
Gong Show," my favorite TV pro-gram
was "Gilligan's Island."
What did I have to say that Cap-tain
Kangaroo and Green Jeans
hadn't already covered with their
early-morning viewers?
In a flash of inspiration (that
miraculous phenomenon all
frustrated writers pray for), a
lovely vision popped into my
mind: My solitary pen would
shine forth like a beacon of
righteousness in the dark world. I
sighed in relief. Here was my
niche.
Reformers don't have to live up
to predecessors' literary and in-tellectual
reputations. All they
need is a cause.
Yes, I'd attack corruption,
stimulate change, convert unsav-ed
masses. Mankind would
marvel at my humanitarian zeal.
History books would report the
moral revival of 1978. And after
Bethel shaped-up, there was all of
Minneapolis to work on. I felt
warm and worthwhile inside.
A sobering thought interrupted
my dream. Column-writing is
risky work.
Writers may look safe boxed in-to
a compact spaces, but every
columnist from Ralph Nader to
Heloise wears a trenchcoat,
slouch hat, and sunglasses in
public. Anyone who sticks out his
literary tongue and says "Nyah!
Nyah!" to whomever he pleases
better be willing to pay a price. I
wasn't sure I could do that. I'm
afraid of pain.
The public focuses a watchful,
fickle eye on the columnist. One
wrong move—just one irrele-vant,
unorthodox, irrational, or
revolting slip and he's through.
Oh, things are dandy so long as
he works with subjects tradi-tionally
considered acceptable.
Let him move on to more contem-porary,
touchy topics like "I saw
an R.A. at the Rose Drive-In
Theater," or "Why hasn't the
frogurt machine been working the
last three times I've been in the
cafeteria?"
Instant mutiny. When people
read something that strikes un-comfortably
close to home, they
get mean.
Hate letters fill the offending
columnist's P.O. Children jeer at
him on the street. Professors
mysteriously start losing his
papers and exams. At these
thoughts I began trembling fear-fully.
That would be very unplea-sant.
I cry easily.
Worst of all, the bi-monthly
feature-writer faces this holocaust
alone. Yes, staff members print
his caricature. They reserve room
for his pennings in their paper.
But in times of crisis, none will
raise a voice in his defense.
Oh, I've heard all the excuses
they fall back on. A clause in the
columnist contract states bluntly
that "The Clarion and its staff are
not responsible for bodily harm
incurred by the columnist after he
has made a stupid, rash,
disgusting, or rude statement."
Or "This is a business venture.
There's no room here for personal
or preferential treatment." All of
this good sense does not come to
mind while one is being assaulted
by a crowd of outraged, rock-throwing
Bethelites.
Deserted by his own kind, the
writer suffers the trauma of
reading cold, unexpected
editorial notes beneath his work.
The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily
shared, endorsed, or respected
by the rest of us.
These experiences are bound to
have profound and tragic effects
upon the emotional well-being :of
an author. Small wonder that
eight out of ten columnists make
blubbering visits to Pastor "Jim's
office before the publication of
their third column.
Besides risking eternal ex-posure
to physical and mental
abuse, the columnist faces a lone-ly,
weary existence. His task
demands type-written results at
precisely 6 p.m. every other Sun-day,
in sickness and in health,
during finals and Founders. He
must attempt to be funny, infor-mative,
or, as a last result,
intellectually-stimulating in every
one of his feature articles. It may
be 4 a.m. His stomach may be full
of caffeine. His mind could be
churning with memories of a
wrathful copy editor who has
rashly threatened to commit 1)
hara-kiri or 2) bloody homicide if
the column doesn't make its pro-mised
appearance in the Clarion
office at the prescribed time.
So what if a writer's had an off
week? It's dog eat dog in the col-umnist
world. No one has pity on
an unfortunate muckraker.
These are typical of the
pressures and responsibilites en-countered
by the Erma Bombecks
of the world. It is not just rumor
that all newspaper columns are
scratched out miserably at corner
Perkins tables following three
hours of uninspired and agonized
contemplation.
Now, this prospect of stoic and
endless suffering was being
presented to me. Suddenly, Sun-day
evenings looked bleak. Life
seemed cruel, money mean-ingless.
I turned to the now-impatient
editor and gave him my cautious,
well-thought-out answer.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
I sighed contentedly as deceit-ful
visions of power, glory, and
multi-digited stipends danced in
my head.
After selling Old Campus for $1.9 million, some of the money may go toward renting
this dorm for next year's housing.
Faculty, curriculum additions
cited as goals being reached
by Dave Terpstra
Dwight Jessup, director of
academic affairs, remarked that
because of the "increasing pro-cess
of upgrading Bethel's cur-riculum,
a goal of including at
least two faculty in each depart-ment"
has almost been reached.
The result is that more courses
are available for students.
In such areas as Music, Bible
and art, changes have occurred
this year. Subsequently, major
changes are expected for next
year.
In the psychology department,
there will now be an advanced
counseling class, called Principles
of Psychotherapy, which will aid
those students who intend to go
into that particular field. For
those interested in English, there
will be two new classes which split
from Literary Forms.
They are called Literature in
Critical Perspectives, and Major
Modes of Literary Expression.
The rationale behind this change
is that there are two different ap-proaches
to teaching literary
criticism.
When asked whether there will
The Post Office will have a new
staff next year. After 14 years of
service, Postmaster Iry Olson's
duties will be divided between
two new employees.
Elaine McCleary and Dorothy
Dear editor,
In last week's issue of the
Clarion, a precedent set by all
previous Annual Bethel Clarion-
Como Study Day Golf Epics was
ruthlessly eradicated.
We are referring to the elimina-tion
of handicaps. The reason for
Grudem cont. from page 2.
terms of the language and culture
in which it was written.
The real issue is whether God
always tells the truth when he
speaks to us through the human
authors of Scripture. A belief in
inerrancy simply means that we
say yes to this crucial question.
(3) It is not accurate to say that
inerrancy is a "new" doctrine in
the history of the church. Since
the time of Moses, believers have
always held that Scripture is
God's Word in every part, and
therefore cannot speak falsely on
any matter. (Ex 4.12, Dt. 4.2,
18.18-22, 1 Sam. 3.19, 2 Kgs.
9.36, Jer. 1.9, 23.16-22, 30.2, Jn.
17.17, 1 Cor. 14.37, Heb. 3.7, Ac.
1.16-20, 4.25, 2 Tim. 3.16, 2 Pet.
1.21, etc.)
Wayne Grudem
Asst. Prof. of Theology
be any changes in the basic
graduation requirements in the future
future, both Dwight Jessup and
Dr. Tricia Brownlee, Assistant to
the Dean, said that it is still too
early to comment on anything of
that nature.
However, there are two com-mittees
which examine the pro-cedural
curriculum changes when
such changes are deemed
necessary. They are the
Academic Policy Committee
(APC) and the Curriculum Ad-ministrative
Advisory Committee.
Their goal, as mentioned
previously, is to upgrade and
modify the various subject areas
offered here. With these thoughts
in mind, students can be assured
of having the best possible
courses during their years at
Bethel.
by Thangi Chhangte
"It's an open door that the Lord
led me into. I'm very excited to
see what he'll do with it," com-mented
Jim Nelson, a junior. Jim
Elaine, who has been working
at the P.O.'s full-time since
January, is also a licensed prac-tical
nurse. Elaine and her hus-band
Art McCleary, personnel
this malicious, cold-hearted,
cruel and highhanded decision
was given as a result of the "unset-tling
effects they have on the
players' mental attitudes."
We declare the opposite to be
true. Apparently this is a self-serving
and arbitrary decision by
the editor (the sole official of the
tournament).
Any tournament with scores
ranging from 80 to 180 needs an
equalizing factor. Obviously, we
proletarian golfers who can only
afford to golf once each year, are
being oppressed by the petty
bourgeoisie who can easily afford
their own set of golf clubs. We
want you to know that we are as
mad as everything and we aren't
going to take it anymore.
For a twosome which averages
at least a triple-bogey on each
hole (we scored a 136 and a 130),
a handicap allows us to maintain a
little respectability on the golf
course.
We appeal to your sense of
sportsmanship and fair play to re-pent
and recant. This will allow at
least a facade of competition.
Duffers forever,
Arlan Swanson
Tad Johnson
is producing a Chnstian TV pro-gram
that is a pilot for a children's
series.
Three years ago, Jim got in-terested
in Christian TV. When
director at Bethel, are parents of
Connie, who is a freshman, and
two other daughters. They have
been living in the Twin Cities for
less than one year.
Elaine will be the clerk respon-silbe
to the government.
The newest employee,
Dorothy, is a former school
teacher with a B.S. in education
from Northern Illinois University.
Now living in White Bear Lake,
she is a mother of former Student
President Tad Johnson and two
daughters. Her husband Burt is a
sales engineer.
Dorothy begins work next
week, and will begin an 11-month
employee.
"Differences in service due to
the staff changes will not be really
significant," said Art McCleary.
"The total work load will be
hard to tell because Iry has been
here so long," he said. Next year's
performance is therefore hard to
predict.
Iry and LaVone Olson will be
back to work part-time. The
remodeling will allow for max-imum
student growth with more
space for boxes. The office will
remain the same size, with
another hall with more P.O.
boxes in the back, taking the
place of the present bookstore
storage room.
"Every effort will be made to
have the remodeling completed
before school starts, depending
on the trade strike," says David
Lissner, director of community
relations in public affairs.
With more students and expan-sion
of P.O.'s, "we anticipate
more work," says Elaine Mc-
Cleary.
he heard that Faith Broadcasting
Network (FBN) was looking for
people to produce a children's
program, he prayed about it and
felt that the Lord wanted him to
check into it. So, he went to see
the president, Richard Life.
FBN has applied for a license in
the Twin Cities. If they get FCC's
approval, they will be able to
broadcast by mid-June. They will
broadcast on UHF Channel 29,
the last TV station available in the
Cities.
The studio is in Fridley, Minn.
Rich and Nancy Life, who are in
charge of FBN also live in Fridley.
Besides a Christian program,
FBN plans to broadcast clean
family programs like news,
movies, soap-operas and variety
shows. The Christian Broad-casting
Network of Virginia is try-ing
to work with them.
Jim's program is an adaptation
of a Christian book by Myrna
Grant, called "Ivan and the Se-cret
in the Suitcase."
It is about a 14-year-old Rus-sian
boy and his family who are
Christians in the Soviet Union.
On their way back from a vaca-tion
in Hungary, Ivan decides to
smuggle Bibles in his suitcase
without telling his parents.
Jim has been working on the
program for a year, part-time. His
main responsibility is to tie up
everything together. He expects
to work full-time this summer and
after he graduates. FBN gives him
a commission.
His theatre arts and speech
Chapel
Monday—Senior share
Tuesday—Day of prayer
Wednesday—SMP com-missioning
service
Thursday—Dean
Brushaber and academic
awards
Friday—Pastor Spickelmier
communications major has
helped him with his work. "I have
been able to use some skills I
learned at Bethel," he said.
Jim said he is interested in
working with dedicated Christians
interested in getting into TV.
Christian TV, which has an au-dience
of 14 million, has to be the
best, he thinks.
"Since time is short and so
many people have to be reached,
I think it is important that we use
as many methods as possible and
do whatever the Lord tells us to
do," he added.
He urges Bethel students to
pray for FBN to get their license
approved. The Twin Cities is the
last major metro area to have
Christian TV.
And whatever happens, "I just
urge everyone to give the glory
and honor to God," said Jim with
a smile.
John W. Trance
Company
1618 Pioneer Bldg.
224-7358
kiln W. Trance, Sr,
beta W. Mina, Ir.
John G. Chistoolm
Rawl Akre
INSURANCE
Life—Auto—Home
Business
St. Paul, Mn 55101
by Patti Backlund Johnson, both mothers of Bethel
students, will be the postal clerks.
Nicklaus-Palmer proteges protest golf
epic's handicap policies on study day
Post Office changes management, layout
Bethel junior produces TV pilot for Christian network
Page 3
Zoo expert Steve Schuster visited Bethel to critique art students' promotional posters.
Go bananas at New Zoo, designers suggest
Trumpeter Erickson
pursues musical career
by Denise Hansen
"The New Zoo...It Ain't
Peanuts" was the slogan on one of
the posters made in Bethel's
Graphic Design class.
Three weeks ago, Dale Johnson
gave his students the assignment
to create a poster for the new zoo.
The requirements and special
logo (trademark) of the zoo were
obtained for the students, along
with other information as to the
kind of animals at the New Zoo
and how they will be living.
The result of this information
and three weeks of work was a
wall full of posters, and a visit to
by Debbie Bunger
Batik, bronze, collage, and
photography were some of the
mediums used by the five
graduating art students who
displayed work in the gallery dur-ing
the second of the three ex-hibits
of the annual senior art
show.
The 'display lasted from April
20th until May 5th, and featured
the works of Kim Glenn Ander-son,
Jean Brown, Dawn Eggen,
Eileen Gibbs and Jill Pfoten-the
class by Steve Schuster,
marketing representative of the
New Zoo.
Mr. Schuster spent two hours
with the class describing the
marketing research the Zoo had
done, and then critiquing each
poster for it's design and
usefullness for the New Zoo.
Schuster explained that because
the zoo was new, his task was
doubly hard. He had to "Bring the
Zoo to the people, then bring the
people to the Zoo."
Mr. Schuster remarked favor-ably
about the design of the
posters, and about the enthusiasm
of the class about the New Zoo.
hauer.
Kim- Glenn Anderson's work
included photographs dealing
with "Lonely Worries," "Time to
Spare," and "Communicaion
Trypitch." She also worked with
collages, acrylic, charcoal and
pencil. She chose pastel colors in
her acrylic paintings.
Watercolors with pen and ink
dominated the work of Jean
Brown as she dealt with the sub-jects
of "The Old Well," "The Old
Mill," and "Teacher's
Retirement." A hook rug, batik
The Zoo will be arranged by
zoological regions of the northern
hemisphere, containing mainly
northern hemisphere animals,
(sorry about that elephant and
zebra lovers). Located in Apple
Valley on about 500 acres of
forest, woods, grasslands and
lakes, the New Zoo is an exper-ience
in wilderness.
It was a learning experience for
the class in both marketing and
the format of the New Zoo. I
think that the class would agree
with the slogans on two posters
that; if you feel "You deserve a
break today," then "Go bananas
at the New Zoo."
creation, and coil ceramic pot
were also part of Brown's display.
Circles, rectangles and stripes
were carried throughout the work
of Dawn Eggen. Reds, yellows,
oranges and blues were also a ma-jority
in the artist's work. Eggen
focused her efforts on the six
batiks which she displayed. She
also included a self-portrait et-ching,
a pencil drawing, and two
stoneware planters.
Eileen Gibbs concentrated on
mediums not used by the other
exhibitors. She included a circular
wall-hanging done in numerous
types of furs, and a paper mache
"Pirate Ship," in her exhibit. Her
assortment of ceramic and
stoneware pieces dominated her
display.
Jill Pfotenhauer's work includ-ed
five sculptures. Three life-size
busts in bronze were on display
with a small female figure, also in
bronze, and two small figures
done in terra cotta. Charcoal
figure drawings and a self-portrait
were also part of her display.
Bethel's art concentrators have
shown great talent in their ex-hibits.
The last third of the senior
exhibit will open May 8 at 7 p.m.
and will last until the 21.
by Betty Logan
Lynn Erickson with her
trumpet has become a familiar
sight and sound at Bethel in the
last four years, and this spring will
graduate with degrees in music
and education.
Coming from Chisholm, a town
of about seven thousand on Min-nesota's
Iron Range, Lynn knew
she wanted to study in a small col-lege.
Also looking for a Christian
school, Lynn decided on Bethel.
Her musical family was an in-spiration
to Lynn as she decided
on being a music major in high
school. She started with the
_ trumpet in fourth grade.
Besides playing trumpet in
band and orchestra, Lynn has also
been in Women's Choir while at
Bethel. Lynn feels the heavy em-phasis
the department places on
learning the philosophy of music
has been one of the most valuable
aspects of her education here. It
has deepened her awareness and
appreciation of music, especially
that of church music.
Boycott Amin's
coffee, says
Sen. Hatfield
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CCNS)
—Senator Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.)
has begun a series of speeches on
the Senate floor (along with Sen
Lowell Weicher Jr., R-Conn.)
calling for an international
boycott of Ugandan coffee.
Within 24 hours of Sen. Hat-fields'
first speech (April 3),
Ugandan President Idi Amin
Dada told a group of visiting
Africans he was concerned about
the possibility of such a boycOtt.
The Oregon senator pointed out
90 per cent of Uganda's total cof-fee
sales abroad pays the "20,000
to 30,000 mercenary troops which
comprise the Ugandan Army."
Sen. Hatfield, an outspoken
evangelical Christian layman and
a strong supporter of Christian
colleges, is co-sponsor with Sen.
Weicker of legislation which
would impose a U.S. boycott
against Ugandan coffee imports.
The Ugandan dictator invited
the two senators to his country for
a first-hand look at conditions
there, but Sen. Hatfield rejected
the invitation, calling on Mr.
Amin instead to allow Amnesty
International and the United Na-tions
Human Rights Commission
to send teams into Uganda to
make an investigation.
Sen. Hatfield charged that
President Amin "is responsible for
at least 100,000 deaths during his
seven-year term in power. The
world has not seen such fero-cious,
institutionalized brutality
since the concentration camps of
Stalin's Russia and Hitler's
Reich," he said.
"Any instrument should be
played to the glory of God," says
Lynn in commenting on the
priority Bethel sometimes tends
to place on vocal and piano music
over other instruments. Even
within the instrumental program
there are weaknesses, claims
Lynn, as some instruments are
neglected due to the limited
number of instructors Bethel has.
Another difficulty Bethel in-strumentalists
face is the limited
amount of sacred music written
for band. Since band tours are
aimed toward the churches the
band visits, this has been a pro-blem,
though it has lessened in
the last few years.
Lynn has greatly appreciated
the chance she has gotten for per-formance
at Bethel. "In the
church the instrument doesn't
play a big part compared to vocal
music," says Lynn, but she has
been expanded through her many
opportunities at Bethel.
This growth has not only been
in musical areas, but has also
been in Lynn's spiritual life. " In a
state school you would never get
this chance for ministry," says
Lynn.
In the four years Lynn has
been at Bethel she has seen
positive growth and the
emergence of a stronger program
for instrumentalists. Lynn ap-preciates
the bond of friendship
that has grown between the in-strumental
music majors through
four years of taking the same
classes together.
Of the eighty students that
started out in music theory four
years ago, Lynn says only three of
them student-taught this year.
"When you have so many classes
with just a few people, you really
get to know them well," says
Lynn.
One area of the instrumental
music program that Lynn would
like to see expanded here is awar-ding
more scholarships. "We
recruit athletes through scholar-ships,
why not use them to get
some quality instrumentalists?"
asks Lynn.
For this coming fall, Lynn has
applied to the University of Min-nesota's
Fine Arts graduate pro-gram,
though she's also looking
into jobs in instrumental music.
For Lynn, Bethel has been four
years of work and learning that
has resulted in a beautifully
polished musical ability.
Summer Help wanted: Spend
the summer outdoors with
kids. Sell SnoKones from a
three-wheel bicycle in North
Twin City suburbs. Earn $2000-
2500 for summer. Call 786-
3938. Ask for Harvey, or leave
your name and phone number.
SENIORS
Here is your chance for a last
parting shot.
Write a 50 word or less paragraph consisting of praises, criticism,
homage, analysis, examination, or general roasting.
Your paragraph will be published in the last issue of the Clarion on May
12.
Please plan to submit your parting shot by Sunday, May 7, at 6 p.m. to
the Clarion office (FA425) or P.O. 91.
Anything submitted after May 7 cannot be included for publication.
P.S. We would also like to know what you are planning to do after
graduation.
Seniors exhibit talent in animal show
Page 4
Steak INN I 'V IR 12
kewerd-Steak
4+8Alegetable-tender
beef tips served with green pepper mush
room, onion and pineapple, marinated
in a special sauce and accompanied by
a baste' dipped fresh vegetab:e
skewered, with vovr choice of soup
juice or salcc-,
OPEN Sun -Thur. 6.30 a m.-9 p m.
Fri -Sat 6:30 a m -10 p m.
1310 W. Co. Rd, E
636-6077
$369
Amomm.
by Rob Johnson and Cheryl
Stanrseth
Who are the two blue-eyed
strangers that have been sitting
around the Campus Coordinator's
office these past few weeks?
They're next year's CC's—Cheryl
Staurseth and Rob Johnson.
Cheryl comes from a rural farm
in Poplar, Wisc., and Rob lived
by a lake on the outskirts of North
Branch, Minn. Poplar and North
Branch are definitely "tree- men-dous"
places to live!
Both are from families of eight
(if Rob includes his black Lab.)
Cheryl's a social work major and
Rob is going into graphic design.
We applied for the position as a
team last month because we've
got some big ideas for the social
life at Bethel. Right now we're
assisting Scott and Cynthia with
the rest of this year's events.
Through this we're learning the
ropes of our new job. Last week
we did everything from calling
our agent in Hollywood to having
blueberry pie with President Lun-dquist!
In addition to our public rela-tions
duties, we're busy planning
next year's events. We gave the
Clarion a hint of our ideas for its
article on us, but want to keep
most of them under cover until
they're finalized.
We're trying to set up a balanc-ed
program which will appeal to
the many different interests of
Bethel students, because that's
who we're working for. We love
to have student input so feel free
to stop by the office and let us
hear your suggestions.
Scott and Cynthia have really
helped us in getting ready for next
year. They have done such an
outstanding job this year as Cam-pus
Coordinators that it will be a
challenge to follow in their
footsteps. But we're ready to give
it our best shot! 1978-79, here we
come!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CCNS)
—Students at Christian College
Consortium schools interested in
studying at a Central American
university may have that oppor-tunity,
beginning in January 1979.
That's when the consortium's
new Latin American Studies Pro-gram
is tentatively scheduled to
begin functioning, if present plans
materialize. The semester would
begin for the North American
students in January and end in
August in time for them to return
to their home campuses for the
fall term or semester.
The academic year in Latin
American universities begins in
February rather than September.
Students from this country would
participate in special classes the
month prior to, and the two mon-ths
following the close of the
Latin American university se-mester.
Last fall, an agreement was
reached between the consortium
and the Universidad Mariano
Galvez de Guatemala (Mariano
Galves University) in Guatemala
City, Guatemala. Discussions
toward implementing that agree-ment
have continued to the pre-sent,
and are continuing, accor-ding
to Dr. John Dellenback, con-sortium
president.
Details of academic courses to
be available to consortium college
students are being worked out, as
is an accompanying internship
program, which will be patterned
after that of the consortium's
American Studies Program in
Washington, D.C.
Purpose of the program, as out-lined
last fall by then-consortium
President Gordon Werkema, is to
develop understanding between
students and residents of the two
countries and afford students the
opportunity "to observe and sup-port
manifestations of Christian
faith" in Guatemala.
cont. on page 6
Study in Guatemala
Christian College Consortium
offers eight-month program
SUMMER JOBS
All office skills
Any age—if you do general office work and are interested
in earning $500 or more this summer, we need you for
temporary office jobs.
Call: Stivers, Temp. office help since 1945
St. Paul Minneapolis
314 Pioneer Bldg. 6800 France Ave. S.
224-9417 927-8681
Construction is underway for the new annex.
Construction of the four-story
addition to Bethel's learning
resource center was authorized
April 26. The contract was award-ed
to Arkay Construction Com-pany
of Minneapolis.
Work begins immediately on
the $814,000 project which in-cludes
the 17,000 square feet ad-dition,
remodeling of adjoining
areas, and a landscaped court-yard.
Completion is scheduled
for January 1.
Level one will contain student
lounge space; level two, expand-ed
coffee shop facilities; level
three, faculty and administrative
offices; and level four, classrooms
and faculty offices. Design is by
Cottle-Herman Architects of
Minneapolis.
Page 5
Events calendar
Friday, May 5 Spring Festival, 8 p.m., gym
Women's softball State Tournament at
UofM
Men's tennis tournament
Women's track state meet at U of M
Saturday, May 6 Baseball at St. John's, 12 p.m.
Men's track at Macalester (Invitational)
Women's tennis match
Women's softball, State Tournament at
UofM
Women's track state meet at U of M
Sunday, May 7 All school luau, 2 p.m.
Sing and Share at Northwestern,
8:45 p.m.
Women's ensemble at Brooklyn Center
Baptist, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 8 One act play festival in experimental
theatre, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9 Baseball at Macalester, 1 p.m.
Women's softball at St. Benedict, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10 One act play festival in experimental
theatre, 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 11 Women's softball at Northwestern,
3:30 p.m.
Bruce Bohne, who has performed In several Bethel and
community theater productions, Will study theater in Lon-don
next year.
— review
Irish rights issues presented
in new Chimera production
by Betty Logan and David Shelley
Contrast of personalities, purposes and pacing mark the Chimera
Theatre's production of "The Freedom of the City" by Irish writer
Brian Friel.
Focusing on an actual event which involved the death of three de-monstrators
in Northern Ireland
in 1971, the play presents the characters thrown together by
writer's bias against British chance is delightful as their often
dominance over Irish rights. humorous conversation relieves
After an effective dramatiza- the audience from the heavy
tion of the slaying at the play's seriousness of the subject matter.
outset, the three victims are The strongest acting was in the
resurrected to demonstrate the character of Michael, the
events leading up to their deaths, dedicated and ethically-minded
from the time they found they had Irish demonstrator, and Skinner,
accidentally retreated into the the brash, free-spirited youth.
mayor's plush Guild Hall. Irish accents are more realistic
The flashback scenes of their in these two than in more incon-interaction
in the hall are con- sistent secondary characters, and
trasted by official statements con- their inner energy is constantly
cerning their killings. By alter- evident. Among the most moving
nating between the frivolous ton- scenes is when Michael comes in
versations of the unsuspecting to describe his thoughts im-victims
and the rigid, impersonal mediately before his death.
statements of the court and Blocking is very natural in the
witnesses, Friel insists on the Guild Hall scenes and contrasts
demonstrators' innocence and the strongly with the stiff courtroom
Britons' injustice. statements. Lighting is effectively
The writer's opinion is made done to focus on different parts of
more insultingly obvious by stage.
presenting a sociologist who ex- Contrast is further accomplish-plains
how the demonstrators are ed in the set which puts the stately
victims of an unjust society, guild hall in the center, surround-casting
total blame on the British ed by the crude barracades of the
government. British army.
Though the theme of Whatever may be said of the
demonstration might have been play, the contrast of alternating
more appropriately presented in scenes and characters prevents
the United States in the '60's, the the boredom which might accom-
Chimera has portrayed the story pany such a one-sided portrayal,
convincingly, due largely to the and the humor even makes some
leads. The development of three moments enjoyable.
Page 6
Bohne to study further in London
by Terri Hanson
Waiting fOr a letter of accep-tance
from a college can be very
trying. For Bruce Bohne,
however, the waiting is over
because on April 26, he was ac-cepted
to the London Academy
of Music and Dramatic Arts
(LAMDA).
The school, possibly one of the
best in the world for teaching
theatre, offers a one-year course,
in which Bruce will be participating
next fall. The course is highly
technical and therefore involves
very little booklearning.
Out of the two to three hun-dred
applicants for its one-year
course (open to overseas students
only) LAMDA chooses about 25.
Auditions were held in New
York, but Bruce had pneumonia
and was unable to go.
"I really thought that was the
end of it," he said. "I had com-pletely
given up hope of going to
LAMDA because I couldn't af-ford
to fly to London to audition
for the weekend. I thought the
Lord had closed the door, but
there was this nagging feeling in
the back of my head that said I
should write to London and ask if
I could audition there.
"I didn't really expect to go,"
Bruce continued. "I kept praying
about it but it didn't seem like I
was getting any answer from the
Lord. My audition in London was
scheduled for Saturday, April 1'5
and by that Wednesday afternoon
I still didn't know for sure if I was
going or not. About 9 p.m. I felt
like I should start packing. I left
for London the next day."
The audition took place in the
LAMDA theatre. It consisted of
performing one three-minute
Shakespeare piece and one three-minute
contemporary piece for
the vice-principal and the director
of the overseas program. After
Bruce had finished his piece they
asked him to sing.
"I thought that was a good sign
because they didn't ask
everybody to sing," Bruce said.
"However, I _ wasn't prepared
either. I told them that the only
song I knew was "They Call the
Wind Mariah," from the movie
"Paint Your Wagon." They just
looked at each other and grinned,
`Okay, great—sing it.' So I belted
it out!"
Bruce left London the 17th of
April. LAMDA mailed him the
letter of acceptance on the 20th
and he received it on the 26th.
"They didn't give me any in-dication
of their decision before I
left London. I was the second to
the last person to audition.
Maybe they had a good feeling
about me because the end was in
sight!" Bruce exclaimed.
Bruce first began to be in-terested
in theatre by going to
plays himself. "I'd go and watch
and then say to myself, 'That
looks really fun, I could do that,'
or I would say, `That was a lousy
job, I could do a lot better than
that.' "
Aside from a small part in a
high school play (which he said
didn't count any way), Bruce had
never been in theatre before com-ing
to Bethel. In his junior year he
decided definitely to head that
way. "Theatre offers so many
possibilities. It encompasses film
and video; it is really an untapped
medium," Bruce commented.
While at Bethel he has been in
such production as, "The Diary of
Anne Frank," "The Importance
of Being Earnest," and "The Hob-bit."
At the Chimera Theatre he
has been in "Death of a
Salesman," and "The Devil's
Disciple."
Presently, Bruce is directing a
one-act play here at Bethel. The
play, "The Unknown Soldier,"
will be Monday, May 8.
"Directing is really different,"
said Bruce. "I've watched my own
directors in the past and find
myself incorporating into my
directing the things I liked in
them and staying away from the
things I disliked.
"That, along with a few of my
own theories, pretty much makes
up my directing techniques. I
think it is working pretty well
because I am pleased with the
way things are working out."
So far, Bruce says he has had
no problem integrating his Chris-tianity
and his acting. "I can
difinitely see that there could be
problems ahead, though," Bruce
added. "There is a group of 400
Christian artists in London that I
hope to become involved with
while I am there. I think keeping
other Christian artists as friends is
very important.
"I really feel the Lord has
brought me this far. I realize I
can't do this on my own or I will
fall. The Lord will be my
strength."
Latin studies
cont. from page 5
It is also designed to develop
within them an appreciation for
problems and challenges facing
educated Christian citizens in
Latin America, and to help the
students increase their fluency in
Spanish and their understanding
of the history and literature of
Guatemala and Latin America.
Interested students attending
any of the 14 consortium colleges
may contact the foreign language
department at their school or ex-press
their interest to Dr. John
Dellenback, president, Christian
College Consortium, 11 Dupont
Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036
(phone number: 202/232-4477).
Hermes Floral Company, Inc.
2001 West Larpenteur Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55113
Est. 1906
STORE AND GREENHOUSES
175,000 Square Feet of Glass
Golf tournament hopefuls fear the possible return of tour-nament
founders Paul Healy and Bill Trollinger, two
former Clarion editors.
Women's tennis club wins
first victory of season
Golfers and non-golfers: Get your
entry forms in now for the Third An-nual
Bethel Clarion Como Study Day
Golf Epic. Over half of the field of 40
golfers has been filled, so please to
not delay. Fill out the form below and
place in either P.O. 91 or deliver to
the Clarion office (FA425).
Name
P.O.
Partner (if you have one)
Tennis team optimistic
though facing frustration
Festival presented tonight
by Joy Banta
With the arrival of spring the
music rooms are filled with the
sound of the combined voices of
the College Choir, Women's
Choir and Male Chorus preparing
for this year's Spring Festival.
The Festival Choir, under the
direction of Oliver Mogck, will be
presenting Haydn's oratorio,
"The Seven Last Words of
Christ," tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Physical Education Center.
The concert will begin with an
overture by the Bethel Orchestra,
conducted by Wayne Fritchie. It
will be augmented by a small con-tingent
of musicians from a St.
Paul musician's trust fund.
The Choir has been preparing
Men's track
places second
at annual meet
by Becky Olson
for tonight's concert with one
rehearsal a week since the begin-ning
of spring semester. Oliver
Mogck, conductor of the choir, is
very enthusiastic about the con-cert,
calling it their "spring pro-ject."
He feels that it will be a
very meaningful experience for
the audience and participants.
Several Bethel College students
are featured as soloists in Haydn's
oratorio. They are: Marlene
Triggs and Lori Vincent, soprano;
Teri Seegert and Marilyn
Killewald, alto; Rueben Dahl-quist,
tenor; and Brian Mulder
and Dan Peterson, bass.
The oratorio consists of an in-troduction
and seven "adagios"
followed by a passage depicting
the earthquake described in the
Gospels. "The Seven Last Words
of Christ" has been said to be the
oratorio which "most effectively
conveys the sublimity and
mastery of Haydn's music."
Steve Hawley's painting, "The
Crucifixion," which was recently
donated to Bethel, will be lit by
spotlight beside the Festival
Choir. Hawley's painting will fit-tingly
demonstrate the evening's
theme.
The Festival will follow a con-cert
format, without a proces-sional
or recessional, to set an ap-propriately
solemn mood.
There will be no admission
charge or freewill offering for the
concert.
Last Saturday the men's track
team tallied up 96.5 points to
come in second place behind St.
John's 102.5 point finish at the
12th annual Bethel Relays. Serv-ing
as hosts, Bethel earned first
place in six events and saw the
previous pole vault record broken
by Greg Stipe's third place, 14'
vault.
First place was captured in run-ning
events by Dave Clapp in the
quarter mile, Rick Brown in the
half, and John Selvog in the 400
meter intermediate relay with a
time of 54.95.
With the combined effort of
Jim Timp, Bill Whittaker, Rick
Brown, and Dave Clapp, a first
place was also taken in the 3200
meter relay finish of 7.54.
An injury suffered by Nate
Allen, after capturing first place
with John Van Loon in the 220
sprint medley, took him out of the
800 and 1600 meter relay in which
St. John's finished two tenths of a
second in front of Bethel to take
first place.
In the field events, the two best
performances added together, ex-cluding
pole vault, to determine
placing makes up a unique
feature of the Bethel Relays.
Bethel took a first place in the tri-ple
jump with a combined score
of 83'7". A 251'6" combination
captured third place for Dave
Steeves and Steve Carrigan in the
discuss relay.
The running events were con-cluded
for Bethel with a second
place finish for Nate Allen in the
100 yd. dash, a fourth-place for
John Selvog in the high hurdles,
and a third in the shuttle hurdle
relay.
After coming through in so
many spots last Saturday, the men
are looking forward to the
nonscoring meet tomorrow at
Macalaster in which the emphasis
will be placed on individual per-formances
and preparation for
their first participation in the
MIAC meet May 13th.
by Jon Fast
The Bethel men's tennis team
evidenced frustration last week as
it dropped its last three meets,
losing to the University of
Wisconsin-River Falls, Gustavus
Adolphus, and St. Olaf.
"It's frustrating because our
players are not used to losing this
often," said first-year coach Craig
Schmidt. His team has experienc-ed
a type of "culture shock" upon
entering into the highly com-petitive
MIAC after years of
dominance in the relatively weak
Tri-State Conference.
"We are just not used to play-ing
this type of competition every
week," he said.
In addition to this problem, the
team has been hampered by a
lack of good practices. Schmidt
pointed out, for example, that the
first and second singles players on
any tennis team should be playing
each other every day in order to
be at their best.
Because of class scheduling
conflicts and poor weather,
however, it was not until two
weeks ago the Bethel's top two
players, Steve Brown and Greg
Kuntz, could practice with each
other.
These problems didn't help
matters as Bethel traveled to
River Falls on April 27, where on-ly
fifth singles players Mark
Norlander and sixth singles player
Wayne Abbot could muster wins
in the 2-7 defeat. Last Saturday,
insult was added to injury as the
Royals were shut-out by St. Olaf
and nearly shut-out by Gustavus
Adolphus 1-8.
Despite all the frustration
Schmidt remains optimistic. "This
year has been a learning ex-perience,"
he said, as there are
many things he plans to do dif-ferently
next year in coaching the
team. Schmidt also noted that the
team is young, having only one
senior, Bob Corson, on its roster.
The Royal netmen will con-clude
their schedule today and
tomorrow at the MIAC con-ference
meet.
Last Saturday, on another cool
and somewhat windy morning,
the Bethel women's tennis club
beat St. Paul-Concordia, 6-3, for
its first victory of the season.
Bethel started well and led 5-1
after singles. Singles winners for
Bethel were Ruth Swenson, Lisa
Mills, Karen Koehn, Alice
Johnson, and Lynn Schroeder.
Some stiffer competition came
by Dan Erickson
Ron Hanson shot a blistering 78
to finish first in a field of 21 and
lead the Royals golf team to vic-tory
over Augsburg and St.
Scholastica last Tuesday. Daryl
Peterson shot an 81, while Craig
Hanson and Bruce Peterson
finished at 84. Dave Cragle holed
in at 88.
It was Ron's consistency in
making 10 putts over five feet that
was the key to, in his own words,
"a truly amazing performance."
Ron, as Bethel's resident golf
fanatic, finally saw his experience
of living, eating, and sleeping golf
pay off. (Ron is the person you
often see putting in the hallways
with an imaginary golf club.)
"The secret to good golf is the
in the doubles, with only one
Bethel pair winning. Ruth Swen-son
and Alice Johnson teamed for
the victory.
Coach Kirk Freeman com-mented,
"Our strength was
definitely in our singles, and that's
how we pulled through."
The next match will be on May
6. A date has not been set for the
final match of the season.
ability to turn three shots into
two," says Ron. Ron then went on
to explain briefly, for about 45
minutes, what he meant by this
last quote. (None of it was worth
printing.)
The St. John's Invitational was
marred by rain, and as a result the
scores were not quite so im-pressive.
Craig Hanson and Daryl
Peterson entered the clubhouse
with 84's. Ron Hanson scored 89.
The Invitational was won by St.
Cloud State. Bethel finished 12th.
But in the words of Ron Hanson
"Bad days are inevitable; they are
easily forgotten." _
The golf team is looking ahead.
This weekend they end their
season with the MIAC Tourna-ment.
The first round will be shot
on Friday, the last on Monday.
Hanson leads Bethel victory,
offers free golfing advice
FALCON HEIGHTS PHARMACY
1707 N. Snelling Ave.
(Larpenteur at Snelling)
646-4555
9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily
(Including Sun.)
• Free prescription delivery to Arden Hills campus
• We cash checks for Bethel students with ID.
Page 7
Poised for action, senior co-captain Ruth Moser prepares
to fatten the .500 batting average she has compiled so far
this season.
Softball team 3-4 for week,
state tournament starts today
Seventh inning homer
Kaihoi powers Bethel over GAC
by Steve Erickson
The baseball team's frustrating
season took a turn for the better
last weekend, with the Royals
winning three out of four road
games from Gustavus and Car-leton.
On Saturday, Bethel split with
the Gusties, winning 5-4 in the
opener and losing 2-0 in the
nightcap. Gustavus came into the
weekend leading the MIAC with a
9-1 record but dropped into a first
place tie with St. Olaf after the
smoke had cleared.
Dean Kaihoi provided the he-roics
in the first game. With two
outs in the bottom of the seventh
and Gustavus leading 4-3, Steve
Mikkelson singled. Kaihoi step-ped
up to the plate and lofted a fly
ball over the 320 foot sign in right
field ending the game. Both his
homeruns this year have won
ballgames for Bethel.
In the top of the inning, Greg
"Grump" Hanson had come on to
thwart a Gustie uprising.
Gustavus had already scored one
run and bases were loaded with
only one out. Hanson, throwing
strikes, caused the first batter he
faced to pop up. The next batter
sent a long fly to leftfield that
Mark Rapinchuk gloved.
by Rob Haglund
In what may have been the big-gest
game of the year for both
teams, Off Campus East slipped
by Off Campus West 2-0 to raise
its record to 3-0 in IM softball.
The amazing thing about the
win is that OC East did it without
even lifting a bat. Only three
members of OC West's team
showed up and so OC East was
given the win of forfeit.
The fact that OC East had only
six players at the game was
somewhat suprising also. Such
delinquency is typical in games
between the faculty and an
Edgren team, but a matchup be-tween
the two off-campus
powerhouses decided by forfeit?
Unheard of!
Sixteen games so far this season
have been forfeited. There ha-veonly
been eighteen games
scheduled.
A little mathematics computa-tion
tells us that there have been
two (that's right, two) actual
games played thus far in IN soft-ball.
No doubt bad weather has
had something to do with it. And
there are certain teams that never
show up (faculty).
Page 8
Bethel had gone ahead 2-0 in
the top of the first when Mik-kelson
got aboard on a fielder's
choice, Rapinchuk walked and
Brent Bostrom singled, knocking
in one run. The second run
scored on a subsequent throwing
error. Gustavus tied it two all in
the bottom of the first. Then the
Royals again went ahead, putting
across an unearned run in the
third. In the fourth, Gustavus
knotted the score at 3-3 on a walk
and two singles and set the stage
for a dramatic seventh innning.
But in the second game it was a
different story. All the offense the
Royals could muster against the
Gustavus pitcher was a fourth in-ning
single by Rapinchuk. Al-though
the defense played well
and Scott Laugen pitched a strong
game, Bethel suffered its only loss
of the weekend.
Gustavus tallied its first run in
the second. A Gustie doubled and
then went to third when Laugen,
appealing at first, threw the ball
over the head of Mark Johnson
into rightfield. The runner scored
on a sacrifice fly. The other run
scored in the fifth on a walk and a
double.
In a conference doubleheader
Friday, Bethel swept both games
from Carleton, 7-1 and 9-6. Curt
However, there have been
more good weather days than bad
on game days and everybody
doesn't play the faculty every
game. Hopefully, the following
two weeks will see more games
being played and less excuses,
such as studying and dating, from
team members.
In the two games that were
played, New Dorm used a ten run
fifth inning to blast TH 1, 19-5
and TH 2 scored eleven runs in
the third inning, highlighted by
home runs off the bats of Roger
Smolik and Steve Walrath, to
beat Fountain Terrace A, 21-11.
Scott Riddle and Loren Bilhorn
homered for Fountain A in the
game which was shortened to five
innings because of the ten run
rule.
The April 24 games which
were rained out have been
rescheduled for Tuesday, May 9
at 3:45 p.m. IM action continues
tomorrow with six games slated
including a big game between TH
3 and Fountain Terrace B.
When the regular season ends
on Tuesday, the final standings
will be computed and the top four
teams will enter the post-season
playoffs.
Oslin threw well in the first game,
allowing only the single tally.
The Royals, who had not been
hitting well all spring, finally ex-ploded
against the Cans. Big inn-ings
highlighted both games with
Bethel erupting for a six-run se-cond
inning in the opener and a
five-run sixth in the nightcap.
Bostrom's two-run homer and
Kaihoi's bases-clearing triple
were the big blows.
The four games lifted the
Royals' record to 3-9 in con-ference,
7-10 overall.
For Coach Bob Nielson and the
,players, it has been a discouraging
season. "We got back from
Florida high and ready to get
things going. But our team at-titude
was deflated by frustra-tions.
We wasted half our prac-tice
time either trying to get the
field ready or looking for another
field to practice on," Nielson said.
He continued, "Then we got off
to a bad start, outplaying St.
Mary's all over the field yet losing
both games by one run. It's hard
to pump yourself up after you
keep getting beat. But this
weekend we started to play good
ball, our hitting is coming
around."
Bostrom is the team's leading
hitter with three HR's and a bat-ting
average hovering near .400.
Kaihoi and Dave Hepburn are
also over .300. But a lack of
power is evident, with the trio's
six homeruns accounting for the
team total.
Tomorrow the team travels to
Collegeville to take on St. John's
at noon.
Women's team
takes first in
two-mile relay
The women's track team com-peted
at the Private College In-vitational
last Saturday and plac-ed
fifth in a field of 10 schools.
Five Bethel records were
broken in the meet. Lynn Sever-son
ran the 100-yard dash in 12.3
seconds and Sandi Hobbs placed
fifth in the, 220-yard dash in a
Bethel record 27.6 seconds.
The two mile relay team of
Brenda Harris, Gail Anderson,
Bobbi Hersch, and Denise Egge,
which has qualified for regional
competition, took first place in a
record setting 9 min. 44 sec. The
medley relay team also took first-place
honors.
Brenda Haths took third in the
mile at 5:40, and Bobbi Hersch
placed second in the 440 with a
time of 61.5, in other Bethel
highlights.
This weekend the team will be
at the U of M for state competi-tion,
both Friday and Saturday.
by Carol Madison
A week of seven games left the
Bethel softball team short in the
win-loss column. The Royals lost
four games and won three in a
schedule that had the softballers
playing games four days out of the
week.
Bethel lost both games of a
double-header to Normandale on
April 25, 11-7 and 3-2. Cindy
Martin was the losing pitcher in
the first game, which was lost
because of errors at crucial times.
Ruth Moser went 4-4 and Janet
Reynolds 2-2 in hitting.
Janet Soic pitched a strong
game, which was highlighted by
Janet's nine strike outs. Team hit-ting
was not as good as the first
game, which accounted for the
loss.
The loss streak continued as
Bethel lost to Augsburg on April
27. The team got only six hits
against the strong Augsburg
team, which along with crucial er-rors,
was a loss factor.
Good defensive playing turned
things around as the softballers
won both games in a double-header
with St. Mary's, 10-0 and
11-5. Soic again pitched a strong
first game, which was called after
five innings because of the 10-run
rule. Ruth Moser and Janet Peter-son
went 3-3, and team commit-ted
only one error.
Cindy Martin struck out five in
the second game in which
everyone played. Tammy Brace
connected for a home run and
three RBI's and went 2-3, as did
Martin.
Bethel scored six runs in the
sixth inning to overcome a deficit
and defeat Carleton 10-6 in the
first of two games on Saturday.
Martin was the winning pitcher,
and had three RBI's. Ruth Moser
also had three RBI's and went 3-4.
Bethel then ended the week
with a close loss to St. Olaf. The
game was tied 4-4 until the bot-tom
of the seventh when St. Olaf
scored on a single with two outs.
Martin was the losing pitcher, and
Teri Visel and Janet Peterson
went one for two in hitting.
Bethel will start play today in
the double elimination state tour-nament
at the University of, Min-nesota.
Coach Frye hopes to do as
well as last year when the team
finished near the middle of the
field.
"If we can keep our hitting up,
improve our base running, and
keep the errors to one or two, we
should do pretty well," said
'Coach Frye.
OC East remains undefeated
in intra-mural forfeiting league
MENSA
A high I.Q. group
A combined SAT score of 1300 qualifies you
for information call 925-2577
Ask about first Friday

Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.

Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu.

Bulldozers create dirt sculptures as a sideline to dorm construction.
Student needs affect dorm plan
Old campus considered for fall housing
by Paul A. Olsen
In order to alleviate next year's
imminent housing shortage, the
Bethel administration is attemp-ting
to extend its lease on old
campus.
Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing,
said that Bethel has sent a re-quest
for an extension of the lease
on the government-owned pro-perty
to the U.S. Department of
Labor in Washington, D.C.
If the lease is signed and return-ed,
Bethel will have use of the
dorms, field house, and boiler
building until December 31, 1978.
The lease, however, contains the
stipulation that it can be ter-minated
on a thirty-day notice.
With old campus, Bethel
presumably wouldn't look any
further for student accommoda-tions.
Old campus is available
because of delays in approving
the Job Corp's use of the facility.
Recently, a district court ruled
that the government must supply
an environmental impact state-ment
to the neighborhood.
This impact statement would
essentially study crime in the
area, said Bob Moder of the
Como-Falcon Heights Communi-ty
Coalition.
Moder, who ran unsuccessfully
for City Council last month, says
the neighborhood group "will
fight this thing to the very end."
He views the court decision as a
victory, but will not be satisfied
until the Job Corps is permanently
disallowed from the Bethel site.
Governor Perpich is presently
trying to arrange an agreement
prohibiting admittance of
"criminals" to the center, but it is
unlikely that the Department of
Labor will agree to this.
Even if the Job Corps is unex-pectedly
approved, according to
Director of Student Affairs Mack
Nettleton, Bethel is likely to get
the lease extended to December.
He said the Job Corps will need
time to remodel the college
building, freeing the dorms for
occupation.
If the Job Corps isn't approved
shortly, as seems likely, it is very
possible Bethel's lease would be
extended through the entire
'78-'79 school year.
David Shelley editor Thangi Chhangte copy editor The Clarion is published weekly
Greg Smith feature editor Debbie Bunger production editor by the students of Bethel College
Suzi Wells news editor Phoebe Morgan production editor Letters to the editor should be sent to
Paul Olsen copy editor Juan Ramos cartoonist p.o. 91 by the Sunday before publication THE CLARION Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota Vol.53, No.23, May 5, 1978
Unexpected expenses
jack up cafeteria prices
by Suzi Wells
Many students complain about
the prices of food in food service.
"This piece of meat is not worth
one dollar," the students argue.
"Food service must be making
money off us."
But Wayne Erickson, co-director
of food service, claims
this is not so. "People think that
we're out for the profit," he said.
"But if we come out even this
year, it's only because we've been
praying."
Students actually do pay 2.5
times what the food costs, he
said. He also agreed that the
prices students are paying are not
what the food itself is worth.
However, he added that
students need to look at all the
other expenses that food service
has in order to understand what
they are charged for a meal.
A large percentage of what
food service spends is not on
food. This year the total expenses
will be about $500,000. It has been
a particularly hard year with in-creases
in utility bills. Equipment
repairs have been frequent, also.
About $6000 has been spent
this year on replacing and repair-ing
equipment. This does not in-clude
the cost of replacing 600
teaspoons next year, Erickson
noted.
A dishwasher that needed
repair cost $700, and a cracked
boiler in the steamer cost between
$500-$600 to repair. Also, labor
costs for equipment repair are at
least $20 an hour.
"Most of the equipment has
been on guarantee for five years,"
Erickson explained, "and we have
been on this campus for longer
than five years." Hopefully, with
the new repairs, next year will not
be such a hard year financially.
Besides paying for repairs and
utilities, other costs include
salaries of food service workers,
which run about $175,000. Food
service employs many students
andalso several full-time workers.
"The full-time staff is not over-paid,"
Erickson said. "I think that
the people are worth more than
they are getting paid."
Included in salary costs are
general benefits, such as in-surance.
This year a couple of
people have been out because of
illness, and food service pays their
salaries and covers any medical
expenses that they may have.
Also, it must pay for someone to
sutstitute.
"We are not overstaffed by any
means," said Erickson. Each per-son
does a variety of different
jobs."
Other expenses food service
has include cleaning
supplies,which run up to $6000 a
year, and another $6000 for paper
products annually. Laundry ex-penses
come to about $2000 a
year.
Erickson also said that six per
cent of any income food service
makes goes back into the general
fund, which is distributed in other
departments in school.
One way food service tries to
meet the rising costs is by offering
outside catering services. "Cater-ing
is helping keep student food
costs down," Erickson said.
Even with the help of outside
catering, prices will inevitably go
up next year, since food prices are
rising about 8 per cent. The
minimum price of meal cards for
new campus residents will pro-bably
be $475 next year, a $25 in-crease.
by Denise Hansen
The return of dump trucks and
digging marks the beginning of
construction on two of the pro-posed
five new dorms to be built
on the hill below the tennis
courts.
The first dorm being built,
housing 143 students, is schedul-ed
for completion October 1. The
second dorm, containing beds for
137 students and a resident's
apartment, is scheduled for com-pletion
in January.
The dorms will have three
floors, each consisting of two
wings separated by a central area.
The central areas in the new
dorms will be more than lounges.
The bottom level center are will
contain a recreation area and an
enclosed kitchen. The middle-level
central area will be a larger
lounge, with a fireplace and a
smaller lounge which may be clos-ed
off. The central area of the top
level will be the laundry area and
a small lounge.
The new dorms will be air-conditioned,
and contain other
"extras" brought to the attention
of Mack Nettleton by students,
such as a mirror provided on the
back of the room doors, a sink in
each bathroom for hair washing,
one locker provided for each
room, a 2-inch layer of concrete
then carpeting on the floors to
lessen the noise, and two ceiling
lights in each room. One light will
be above the dressing area, and
one above the sleeping area.
"We hope to have three more
dorms completed by September
of '79," said Nettleton.
This week's Clarion was
produced by next year's
Clarion staff, led by David
Shelley, editor, Greg
Smith, feature editor, and
Suzi Wells, news editor.
Others on the new staff
are copy editors Paul Olsen
and Thangi Chhangte, pro-duction
editors Debbie
Bunger and Phoebe Mor-gan,
sports editors Carol
Madison and Steve Erick-son,
arts editor Betty
Logan, business manager
Patti Backlund, columnist
Shelly Nielsen and return-ing
cartoonist Juan Ramos.
THERE ONCE wi9S AN OID /N ST/ rUT/GA/ WHO
A /VED /N A SHOE) SHE HAD 50 tolvvy STUDENTS,
SH4 ./D NT k/1/ow WHAT- ro Do!
So SHE D EC/Dk.0 TD lA/C24.0SE
I/ER E/vRo44mkNr ro 2000.i "9/10 Posi /8IV REArr our-
OlD coisoP2T- Boor- 4lig SCUP MI-NE' Goitt:RAMONrf
Monest to goodness
When the subject of lifestyle emerges in a conversation, students are
quick to point fingers, evaluating the lifestyle in their own terms and
seldom approaching the subject openly.
An article appearing in the April 28 issue of the Clarion carefully
' analyzed the lifestyle of Bethel and what it represents. In short, the ar-
. tide pointed out that the policies of Bethel lifestyle are distinctives
which define and reflect the nature of the college.
While Bethel is often academically compared to the many Minnesota
colleges about the Twin Cities, there is no corresponding comparison
to be made in terms of lifestyle with the notable exceptions of St. Paul
Bible College and Northwestern College.
Although several of these schools at one time began with sincere
Christian commitments, they have since lost their distinctiveness and
lifestyle standards have become a thing of the past.
At the four schools surveyed within the Christian College Consor-tium
these basic standards have been preserved. But a comparison of
Bethel's lifestyle statement to that of Gordon College, Wheaton Col-lege,
Taylor University and Westmont College reveals some interesting
points to be considered.
First, Bethel's statement of community expectations issued to the in-coming
freshmen during the summer of 1977 failed to clearly em-phasize
and define the behavioral standards required by the Bethel
community.
The use of alcoholic beverages, narcotics, tobacco and gambling
were identified by Bethel as social practices detrimental to the common
good of the community. No direct mention was made regarding the re-quired
abstinence from such practices.
The following statement appears in the recent Wheaton catalogue:
"The College requires members of the communtiy to refrain from
gambling and from the possession or use of alcoholic beverages, tobac-co,
non-medicinal narcotics or hallucinogenic drugs including mari-juana,
and from social dancing."
While other consortium schools "require" abstinence from such
detrimental social activities, Bethel College "expects" and "anticipates"
such abstinence.
In order to preserve the integrity of the Bethel lifestyle, the wording
of the statement of community expectations issued by Bethel needs to
be made stronger and more concise.
Secondly, Bethel needs to clearly define what is meant by the terms
"exercise discretion," and "indiscriminate use." The use of such am-biguous
terms creates an air of wonderment in which students are left
unsure as to what is actually meant. Ambiguous terms themselves
create poor communication. And poor communication should be
avoided when attempting to communicate important values and
behavioral expectations.
In recent years, the Bethel lifestyle has received increased testing.
Once uncommon problems have since become the source of closet
conversations and concerned students have begun wondering whether
Bethel's standards have been lowered or whether the college has
become more lenient in admitting new students.
Yet according to Merri Lee Hipp, recruitment Coordinator in the ad-missions
office, admissions policies have become if anything, more
demanding.
The first step towards an eroding lifestyle lies in a decreased em-phasis
upon its values. A poor communiction of these values can infer
such a loss of emphasis. The values themselves then, need not be chang-ed.
But they need to be more clearly defined.
With an awareness of this need, the lifestyle of Bethel can continue
to emulate the distinctiveness associated with Bethel College.
Handrail installation urged
Early this semester Lyn Gustafson, townhouse west housemother,
slipped on ice while descending the stairs between the west townhouses
and broke her ankle. Fortunately her baby Jared, whom she was carry-ing,
was not injured.
Such accidents are not uncommon on various outdoor stairs at
Bethel. As it is impossible to keep the stares cleared of ice during the
winter months, a logical solution would be to provide handrails at the
necessary locations.
In past seasons the problem has only come to attention when the
ground is too frozen to install the rails. We suggest that the
maintenance department install them now, while the weather is warm.
Grudem refutes Chapel speaker's view
Lifestyle st.aft• eme• nt needs clan cation
Dear editor,
The criticisms of Biblical iner-rancy
made by Jack Rogers last
Friday in chapel were unsatisfac-tory
in at least three ways:
(1) Those who support inerran-cy
(and I count myself among
them) argue for it on the basis of
overwhelming evidence in Scrip-ture.
Far from being merely a
Page 2
"human theory," I am convinced
that it is a true summary of what
God's Word claims about itself
(Ac. 24.14, Lk. 24.25, Rom. 15.4,
I Cor. 10.11, Prov. 30.5, Ps. 12.6,
Ps. 119.96, Titus 1.2, etc.).
(2) The real issue is not whether
the Bible always uses technically
precise modern language, for
responsible advocates of inerran-cy
have always claimed that
Scripture must be understood in
cont. on page 3
by Shelly Nielsen
During a moment of generosity
induced by desperation, this
year's "Closed Mind"/next year's
Clarion editor offered a struggling
young journalist a '78-'79 colum-nist
position. I made the follow-ing,
intelligent reply.
"Huh?"
Appalled, I considered the
awesome, legal, moral and in-tellectual
responsibilities of such
a task. I was afraid.
How could I presume to fill that
sacred spot still warm from the
sizzling treatises of Healy, Troxel
and Erickson?
I got a "B" in W.A.R. I own a
secret collection of Grace Liv-ingston
Hill books. Until "The
Gong Show," my favorite TV pro-gram
was "Gilligan's Island."
What did I have to say that Cap-tain
Kangaroo and Green Jeans
hadn't already covered with their
early-morning viewers?
In a flash of inspiration (that
miraculous phenomenon all
frustrated writers pray for), a
lovely vision popped into my
mind: My solitary pen would
shine forth like a beacon of
righteousness in the dark world. I
sighed in relief. Here was my
niche.
Reformers don't have to live up
to predecessors' literary and in-tellectual
reputations. All they
need is a cause.
Yes, I'd attack corruption,
stimulate change, convert unsav-ed
masses. Mankind would
marvel at my humanitarian zeal.
History books would report the
moral revival of 1978. And after
Bethel shaped-up, there was all of
Minneapolis to work on. I felt
warm and worthwhile inside.
A sobering thought interrupted
my dream. Column-writing is
risky work.
Writers may look safe boxed in-to
a compact spaces, but every
columnist from Ralph Nader to
Heloise wears a trenchcoat,
slouch hat, and sunglasses in
public. Anyone who sticks out his
literary tongue and says "Nyah!
Nyah!" to whomever he pleases
better be willing to pay a price. I
wasn't sure I could do that. I'm
afraid of pain.
The public focuses a watchful,
fickle eye on the columnist. One
wrong move—just one irrele-vant,
unorthodox, irrational, or
revolting slip and he's through.
Oh, things are dandy so long as
he works with subjects tradi-tionally
considered acceptable.
Let him move on to more contem-porary,
touchy topics like "I saw
an R.A. at the Rose Drive-In
Theater," or "Why hasn't the
frogurt machine been working the
last three times I've been in the
cafeteria?"
Instant mutiny. When people
read something that strikes un-comfortably
close to home, they
get mean.
Hate letters fill the offending
columnist's P.O. Children jeer at
him on the street. Professors
mysteriously start losing his
papers and exams. At these
thoughts I began trembling fear-fully.
That would be very unplea-sant.
I cry easily.
Worst of all, the bi-monthly
feature-writer faces this holocaust
alone. Yes, staff members print
his caricature. They reserve room
for his pennings in their paper.
But in times of crisis, none will
raise a voice in his defense.
Oh, I've heard all the excuses
they fall back on. A clause in the
columnist contract states bluntly
that "The Clarion and its staff are
not responsible for bodily harm
incurred by the columnist after he
has made a stupid, rash,
disgusting, or rude statement."
Or "This is a business venture.
There's no room here for personal
or preferential treatment." All of
this good sense does not come to
mind while one is being assaulted
by a crowd of outraged, rock-throwing
Bethelites.
Deserted by his own kind, the
writer suffers the trauma of
reading cold, unexpected
editorial notes beneath his work.
The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily
shared, endorsed, or respected
by the rest of us.
These experiences are bound to
have profound and tragic effects
upon the emotional well-being :of
an author. Small wonder that
eight out of ten columnists make
blubbering visits to Pastor "Jim's
office before the publication of
their third column.
Besides risking eternal ex-posure
to physical and mental
abuse, the columnist faces a lone-ly,
weary existence. His task
demands type-written results at
precisely 6 p.m. every other Sun-day,
in sickness and in health,
during finals and Founders. He
must attempt to be funny, infor-mative,
or, as a last result,
intellectually-stimulating in every
one of his feature articles. It may
be 4 a.m. His stomach may be full
of caffeine. His mind could be
churning with memories of a
wrathful copy editor who has
rashly threatened to commit 1)
hara-kiri or 2) bloody homicide if
the column doesn't make its pro-mised
appearance in the Clarion
office at the prescribed time.
So what if a writer's had an off
week? It's dog eat dog in the col-umnist
world. No one has pity on
an unfortunate muckraker.
These are typical of the
pressures and responsibilites en-countered
by the Erma Bombecks
of the world. It is not just rumor
that all newspaper columns are
scratched out miserably at corner
Perkins tables following three
hours of uninspired and agonized
contemplation.
Now, this prospect of stoic and
endless suffering was being
presented to me. Suddenly, Sun-day
evenings looked bleak. Life
seemed cruel, money mean-ingless.
I turned to the now-impatient
editor and gave him my cautious,
well-thought-out answer.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
I sighed contentedly as deceit-ful
visions of power, glory, and
multi-digited stipends danced in
my head.
After selling Old Campus for $1.9 million, some of the money may go toward renting
this dorm for next year's housing.
Faculty, curriculum additions
cited as goals being reached
by Dave Terpstra
Dwight Jessup, director of
academic affairs, remarked that
because of the "increasing pro-cess
of upgrading Bethel's cur-riculum,
a goal of including at
least two faculty in each depart-ment"
has almost been reached.
The result is that more courses
are available for students.
In such areas as Music, Bible
and art, changes have occurred
this year. Subsequently, major
changes are expected for next
year.
In the psychology department,
there will now be an advanced
counseling class, called Principles
of Psychotherapy, which will aid
those students who intend to go
into that particular field. For
those interested in English, there
will be two new classes which split
from Literary Forms.
They are called Literature in
Critical Perspectives, and Major
Modes of Literary Expression.
The rationale behind this change
is that there are two different ap-proaches
to teaching literary
criticism.
When asked whether there will
The Post Office will have a new
staff next year. After 14 years of
service, Postmaster Iry Olson's
duties will be divided between
two new employees.
Elaine McCleary and Dorothy
Dear editor,
In last week's issue of the
Clarion, a precedent set by all
previous Annual Bethel Clarion-
Como Study Day Golf Epics was
ruthlessly eradicated.
We are referring to the elimina-tion
of handicaps. The reason for
Grudem cont. from page 2.
terms of the language and culture
in which it was written.
The real issue is whether God
always tells the truth when he
speaks to us through the human
authors of Scripture. A belief in
inerrancy simply means that we
say yes to this crucial question.
(3) It is not accurate to say that
inerrancy is a "new" doctrine in
the history of the church. Since
the time of Moses, believers have
always held that Scripture is
God's Word in every part, and
therefore cannot speak falsely on
any matter. (Ex 4.12, Dt. 4.2,
18.18-22, 1 Sam. 3.19, 2 Kgs.
9.36, Jer. 1.9, 23.16-22, 30.2, Jn.
17.17, 1 Cor. 14.37, Heb. 3.7, Ac.
1.16-20, 4.25, 2 Tim. 3.16, 2 Pet.
1.21, etc.)
Wayne Grudem
Asst. Prof. of Theology
be any changes in the basic
graduation requirements in the future
future, both Dwight Jessup and
Dr. Tricia Brownlee, Assistant to
the Dean, said that it is still too
early to comment on anything of
that nature.
However, there are two com-mittees
which examine the pro-cedural
curriculum changes when
such changes are deemed
necessary. They are the
Academic Policy Committee
(APC) and the Curriculum Ad-ministrative
Advisory Committee.
Their goal, as mentioned
previously, is to upgrade and
modify the various subject areas
offered here. With these thoughts
in mind, students can be assured
of having the best possible
courses during their years at
Bethel.
by Thangi Chhangte
"It's an open door that the Lord
led me into. I'm very excited to
see what he'll do with it," com-mented
Jim Nelson, a junior. Jim
Elaine, who has been working
at the P.O.'s full-time since
January, is also a licensed prac-tical
nurse. Elaine and her hus-band
Art McCleary, personnel
this malicious, cold-hearted,
cruel and highhanded decision
was given as a result of the "unset-tling
effects they have on the
players' mental attitudes."
We declare the opposite to be
true. Apparently this is a self-serving
and arbitrary decision by
the editor (the sole official of the
tournament).
Any tournament with scores
ranging from 80 to 180 needs an
equalizing factor. Obviously, we
proletarian golfers who can only
afford to golf once each year, are
being oppressed by the petty
bourgeoisie who can easily afford
their own set of golf clubs. We
want you to know that we are as
mad as everything and we aren't
going to take it anymore.
For a twosome which averages
at least a triple-bogey on each
hole (we scored a 136 and a 130),
a handicap allows us to maintain a
little respectability on the golf
course.
We appeal to your sense of
sportsmanship and fair play to re-pent
and recant. This will allow at
least a facade of competition.
Duffers forever,
Arlan Swanson
Tad Johnson
is producing a Chnstian TV pro-gram
that is a pilot for a children's
series.
Three years ago, Jim got in-terested
in Christian TV. When
director at Bethel, are parents of
Connie, who is a freshman, and
two other daughters. They have
been living in the Twin Cities for
less than one year.
Elaine will be the clerk respon-silbe
to the government.
The newest employee,
Dorothy, is a former school
teacher with a B.S. in education
from Northern Illinois University.
Now living in White Bear Lake,
she is a mother of former Student
President Tad Johnson and two
daughters. Her husband Burt is a
sales engineer.
Dorothy begins work next
week, and will begin an 11-month
employee.
"Differences in service due to
the staff changes will not be really
significant," said Art McCleary.
"The total work load will be
hard to tell because Iry has been
here so long," he said. Next year's
performance is therefore hard to
predict.
Iry and LaVone Olson will be
back to work part-time. The
remodeling will allow for max-imum
student growth with more
space for boxes. The office will
remain the same size, with
another hall with more P.O.
boxes in the back, taking the
place of the present bookstore
storage room.
"Every effort will be made to
have the remodeling completed
before school starts, depending
on the trade strike," says David
Lissner, director of community
relations in public affairs.
With more students and expan-sion
of P.O.'s, "we anticipate
more work," says Elaine Mc-
Cleary.
he heard that Faith Broadcasting
Network (FBN) was looking for
people to produce a children's
program, he prayed about it and
felt that the Lord wanted him to
check into it. So, he went to see
the president, Richard Life.
FBN has applied for a license in
the Twin Cities. If they get FCC's
approval, they will be able to
broadcast by mid-June. They will
broadcast on UHF Channel 29,
the last TV station available in the
Cities.
The studio is in Fridley, Minn.
Rich and Nancy Life, who are in
charge of FBN also live in Fridley.
Besides a Christian program,
FBN plans to broadcast clean
family programs like news,
movies, soap-operas and variety
shows. The Christian Broad-casting
Network of Virginia is try-ing
to work with them.
Jim's program is an adaptation
of a Christian book by Myrna
Grant, called "Ivan and the Se-cret
in the Suitcase."
It is about a 14-year-old Rus-sian
boy and his family who are
Christians in the Soviet Union.
On their way back from a vaca-tion
in Hungary, Ivan decides to
smuggle Bibles in his suitcase
without telling his parents.
Jim has been working on the
program for a year, part-time. His
main responsibility is to tie up
everything together. He expects
to work full-time this summer and
after he graduates. FBN gives him
a commission.
His theatre arts and speech
Chapel
Monday—Senior share
Tuesday—Day of prayer
Wednesday—SMP com-missioning
service
Thursday—Dean
Brushaber and academic
awards
Friday—Pastor Spickelmier
communications major has
helped him with his work. "I have
been able to use some skills I
learned at Bethel," he said.
Jim said he is interested in
working with dedicated Christians
interested in getting into TV.
Christian TV, which has an au-dience
of 14 million, has to be the
best, he thinks.
"Since time is short and so
many people have to be reached,
I think it is important that we use
as many methods as possible and
do whatever the Lord tells us to
do," he added.
He urges Bethel students to
pray for FBN to get their license
approved. The Twin Cities is the
last major metro area to have
Christian TV.
And whatever happens, "I just
urge everyone to give the glory
and honor to God," said Jim with
a smile.
John W. Trance
Company
1618 Pioneer Bldg.
224-7358
kiln W. Trance, Sr,
beta W. Mina, Ir.
John G. Chistoolm
Rawl Akre
INSURANCE
Life—Auto—Home
Business
St. Paul, Mn 55101
by Patti Backlund Johnson, both mothers of Bethel
students, will be the postal clerks.
Nicklaus-Palmer proteges protest golf
epic's handicap policies on study day
Post Office changes management, layout
Bethel junior produces TV pilot for Christian network
Page 3
Zoo expert Steve Schuster visited Bethel to critique art students' promotional posters.
Go bananas at New Zoo, designers suggest
Trumpeter Erickson
pursues musical career
by Denise Hansen
"The New Zoo...It Ain't
Peanuts" was the slogan on one of
the posters made in Bethel's
Graphic Design class.
Three weeks ago, Dale Johnson
gave his students the assignment
to create a poster for the new zoo.
The requirements and special
logo (trademark) of the zoo were
obtained for the students, along
with other information as to the
kind of animals at the New Zoo
and how they will be living.
The result of this information
and three weeks of work was a
wall full of posters, and a visit to
by Debbie Bunger
Batik, bronze, collage, and
photography were some of the
mediums used by the five
graduating art students who
displayed work in the gallery dur-ing
the second of the three ex-hibits
of the annual senior art
show.
The 'display lasted from April
20th until May 5th, and featured
the works of Kim Glenn Ander-son,
Jean Brown, Dawn Eggen,
Eileen Gibbs and Jill Pfoten-the
class by Steve Schuster,
marketing representative of the
New Zoo.
Mr. Schuster spent two hours
with the class describing the
marketing research the Zoo had
done, and then critiquing each
poster for it's design and
usefullness for the New Zoo.
Schuster explained that because
the zoo was new, his task was
doubly hard. He had to "Bring the
Zoo to the people, then bring the
people to the Zoo."
Mr. Schuster remarked favor-ably
about the design of the
posters, and about the enthusiasm
of the class about the New Zoo.
hauer.
Kim- Glenn Anderson's work
included photographs dealing
with "Lonely Worries," "Time to
Spare," and "Communicaion
Trypitch." She also worked with
collages, acrylic, charcoal and
pencil. She chose pastel colors in
her acrylic paintings.
Watercolors with pen and ink
dominated the work of Jean
Brown as she dealt with the sub-jects
of "The Old Well," "The Old
Mill," and "Teacher's
Retirement." A hook rug, batik
The Zoo will be arranged by
zoological regions of the northern
hemisphere, containing mainly
northern hemisphere animals,
(sorry about that elephant and
zebra lovers). Located in Apple
Valley on about 500 acres of
forest, woods, grasslands and
lakes, the New Zoo is an exper-ience
in wilderness.
It was a learning experience for
the class in both marketing and
the format of the New Zoo. I
think that the class would agree
with the slogans on two posters
that; if you feel "You deserve a
break today," then "Go bananas
at the New Zoo."
creation, and coil ceramic pot
were also part of Brown's display.
Circles, rectangles and stripes
were carried throughout the work
of Dawn Eggen. Reds, yellows,
oranges and blues were also a ma-jority
in the artist's work. Eggen
focused her efforts on the six
batiks which she displayed. She
also included a self-portrait et-ching,
a pencil drawing, and two
stoneware planters.
Eileen Gibbs concentrated on
mediums not used by the other
exhibitors. She included a circular
wall-hanging done in numerous
types of furs, and a paper mache
"Pirate Ship," in her exhibit. Her
assortment of ceramic and
stoneware pieces dominated her
display.
Jill Pfotenhauer's work includ-ed
five sculptures. Three life-size
busts in bronze were on display
with a small female figure, also in
bronze, and two small figures
done in terra cotta. Charcoal
figure drawings and a self-portrait
were also part of her display.
Bethel's art concentrators have
shown great talent in their ex-hibits.
The last third of the senior
exhibit will open May 8 at 7 p.m.
and will last until the 21.
by Betty Logan
Lynn Erickson with her
trumpet has become a familiar
sight and sound at Bethel in the
last four years, and this spring will
graduate with degrees in music
and education.
Coming from Chisholm, a town
of about seven thousand on Min-nesota's
Iron Range, Lynn knew
she wanted to study in a small col-lege.
Also looking for a Christian
school, Lynn decided on Bethel.
Her musical family was an in-spiration
to Lynn as she decided
on being a music major in high
school. She started with the
_ trumpet in fourth grade.
Besides playing trumpet in
band and orchestra, Lynn has also
been in Women's Choir while at
Bethel. Lynn feels the heavy em-phasis
the department places on
learning the philosophy of music
has been one of the most valuable
aspects of her education here. It
has deepened her awareness and
appreciation of music, especially
that of church music.
Boycott Amin's
coffee, says
Sen. Hatfield
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CCNS)
—Senator Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.)
has begun a series of speeches on
the Senate floor (along with Sen
Lowell Weicher Jr., R-Conn.)
calling for an international
boycott of Ugandan coffee.
Within 24 hours of Sen. Hat-fields'
first speech (April 3),
Ugandan President Idi Amin
Dada told a group of visiting
Africans he was concerned about
the possibility of such a boycOtt.
The Oregon senator pointed out
90 per cent of Uganda's total cof-fee
sales abroad pays the "20,000
to 30,000 mercenary troops which
comprise the Ugandan Army."
Sen. Hatfield, an outspoken
evangelical Christian layman and
a strong supporter of Christian
colleges, is co-sponsor with Sen.
Weicker of legislation which
would impose a U.S. boycott
against Ugandan coffee imports.
The Ugandan dictator invited
the two senators to his country for
a first-hand look at conditions
there, but Sen. Hatfield rejected
the invitation, calling on Mr.
Amin instead to allow Amnesty
International and the United Na-tions
Human Rights Commission
to send teams into Uganda to
make an investigation.
Sen. Hatfield charged that
President Amin "is responsible for
at least 100,000 deaths during his
seven-year term in power. The
world has not seen such fero-cious,
institutionalized brutality
since the concentration camps of
Stalin's Russia and Hitler's
Reich," he said.
"Any instrument should be
played to the glory of God," says
Lynn in commenting on the
priority Bethel sometimes tends
to place on vocal and piano music
over other instruments. Even
within the instrumental program
there are weaknesses, claims
Lynn, as some instruments are
neglected due to the limited
number of instructors Bethel has.
Another difficulty Bethel in-strumentalists
face is the limited
amount of sacred music written
for band. Since band tours are
aimed toward the churches the
band visits, this has been a pro-blem,
though it has lessened in
the last few years.
Lynn has greatly appreciated
the chance she has gotten for per-formance
at Bethel. "In the
church the instrument doesn't
play a big part compared to vocal
music," says Lynn, but she has
been expanded through her many
opportunities at Bethel.
This growth has not only been
in musical areas, but has also
been in Lynn's spiritual life. " In a
state school you would never get
this chance for ministry," says
Lynn.
In the four years Lynn has
been at Bethel she has seen
positive growth and the
emergence of a stronger program
for instrumentalists. Lynn ap-preciates
the bond of friendship
that has grown between the in-strumental
music majors through
four years of taking the same
classes together.
Of the eighty students that
started out in music theory four
years ago, Lynn says only three of
them student-taught this year.
"When you have so many classes
with just a few people, you really
get to know them well," says
Lynn.
One area of the instrumental
music program that Lynn would
like to see expanded here is awar-ding
more scholarships. "We
recruit athletes through scholar-ships,
why not use them to get
some quality instrumentalists?"
asks Lynn.
For this coming fall, Lynn has
applied to the University of Min-nesota's
Fine Arts graduate pro-gram,
though she's also looking
into jobs in instrumental music.
For Lynn, Bethel has been four
years of work and learning that
has resulted in a beautifully
polished musical ability.
Summer Help wanted: Spend
the summer outdoors with
kids. Sell SnoKones from a
three-wheel bicycle in North
Twin City suburbs. Earn $2000-
2500 for summer. Call 786-
3938. Ask for Harvey, or leave
your name and phone number.
SENIORS
Here is your chance for a last
parting shot.
Write a 50 word or less paragraph consisting of praises, criticism,
homage, analysis, examination, or general roasting.
Your paragraph will be published in the last issue of the Clarion on May
12.
Please plan to submit your parting shot by Sunday, May 7, at 6 p.m. to
the Clarion office (FA425) or P.O. 91.
Anything submitted after May 7 cannot be included for publication.
P.S. We would also like to know what you are planning to do after
graduation.
Seniors exhibit talent in animal show
Page 4
Steak INN I 'V IR 12
kewerd-Steak
4+8Alegetable-tender
beef tips served with green pepper mush
room, onion and pineapple, marinated
in a special sauce and accompanied by
a baste' dipped fresh vegetab:e
skewered, with vovr choice of soup
juice or salcc-,
OPEN Sun -Thur. 6.30 a m.-9 p m.
Fri -Sat 6:30 a m -10 p m.
1310 W. Co. Rd, E
636-6077
$369
Amomm.
by Rob Johnson and Cheryl
Stanrseth
Who are the two blue-eyed
strangers that have been sitting
around the Campus Coordinator's
office these past few weeks?
They're next year's CC's—Cheryl
Staurseth and Rob Johnson.
Cheryl comes from a rural farm
in Poplar, Wisc., and Rob lived
by a lake on the outskirts of North
Branch, Minn. Poplar and North
Branch are definitely "tree- men-dous"
places to live!
Both are from families of eight
(if Rob includes his black Lab.)
Cheryl's a social work major and
Rob is going into graphic design.
We applied for the position as a
team last month because we've
got some big ideas for the social
life at Bethel. Right now we're
assisting Scott and Cynthia with
the rest of this year's events.
Through this we're learning the
ropes of our new job. Last week
we did everything from calling
our agent in Hollywood to having
blueberry pie with President Lun-dquist!
In addition to our public rela-tions
duties, we're busy planning
next year's events. We gave the
Clarion a hint of our ideas for its
article on us, but want to keep
most of them under cover until
they're finalized.
We're trying to set up a balanc-ed
program which will appeal to
the many different interests of
Bethel students, because that's
who we're working for. We love
to have student input so feel free
to stop by the office and let us
hear your suggestions.
Scott and Cynthia have really
helped us in getting ready for next
year. They have done such an
outstanding job this year as Cam-pus
Coordinators that it will be a
challenge to follow in their
footsteps. But we're ready to give
it our best shot! 1978-79, here we
come!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CCNS)
—Students at Christian College
Consortium schools interested in
studying at a Central American
university may have that oppor-tunity,
beginning in January 1979.
That's when the consortium's
new Latin American Studies Pro-gram
is tentatively scheduled to
begin functioning, if present plans
materialize. The semester would
begin for the North American
students in January and end in
August in time for them to return
to their home campuses for the
fall term or semester.
The academic year in Latin
American universities begins in
February rather than September.
Students from this country would
participate in special classes the
month prior to, and the two mon-ths
following the close of the
Latin American university se-mester.
Last fall, an agreement was
reached between the consortium
and the Universidad Mariano
Galvez de Guatemala (Mariano
Galves University) in Guatemala
City, Guatemala. Discussions
toward implementing that agree-ment
have continued to the pre-sent,
and are continuing, accor-ding
to Dr. John Dellenback, con-sortium
president.
Details of academic courses to
be available to consortium college
students are being worked out, as
is an accompanying internship
program, which will be patterned
after that of the consortium's
American Studies Program in
Washington, D.C.
Purpose of the program, as out-lined
last fall by then-consortium
President Gordon Werkema, is to
develop understanding between
students and residents of the two
countries and afford students the
opportunity "to observe and sup-port
manifestations of Christian
faith" in Guatemala.
cont. on page 6
Study in Guatemala
Christian College Consortium
offers eight-month program
SUMMER JOBS
All office skills
Any age—if you do general office work and are interested
in earning $500 or more this summer, we need you for
temporary office jobs.
Call: Stivers, Temp. office help since 1945
St. Paul Minneapolis
314 Pioneer Bldg. 6800 France Ave. S.
224-9417 927-8681
Construction is underway for the new annex.
Construction of the four-story
addition to Bethel's learning
resource center was authorized
April 26. The contract was award-ed
to Arkay Construction Com-pany
of Minneapolis.
Work begins immediately on
the $814,000 project which in-cludes
the 17,000 square feet ad-dition,
remodeling of adjoining
areas, and a landscaped court-yard.
Completion is scheduled
for January 1.
Level one will contain student
lounge space; level two, expand-ed
coffee shop facilities; level
three, faculty and administrative
offices; and level four, classrooms
and faculty offices. Design is by
Cottle-Herman Architects of
Minneapolis.
Page 5
Events calendar
Friday, May 5 Spring Festival, 8 p.m., gym
Women's softball State Tournament at
UofM
Men's tennis tournament
Women's track state meet at U of M
Saturday, May 6 Baseball at St. John's, 12 p.m.
Men's track at Macalester (Invitational)
Women's tennis match
Women's softball, State Tournament at
UofM
Women's track state meet at U of M
Sunday, May 7 All school luau, 2 p.m.
Sing and Share at Northwestern,
8:45 p.m.
Women's ensemble at Brooklyn Center
Baptist, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 8 One act play festival in experimental
theatre, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9 Baseball at Macalester, 1 p.m.
Women's softball at St. Benedict, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10 One act play festival in experimental
theatre, 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 11 Women's softball at Northwestern,
3:30 p.m.
Bruce Bohne, who has performed In several Bethel and
community theater productions, Will study theater in Lon-don
next year.
— review
Irish rights issues presented
in new Chimera production
by Betty Logan and David Shelley
Contrast of personalities, purposes and pacing mark the Chimera
Theatre's production of "The Freedom of the City" by Irish writer
Brian Friel.
Focusing on an actual event which involved the death of three de-monstrators
in Northern Ireland
in 1971, the play presents the characters thrown together by
writer's bias against British chance is delightful as their often
dominance over Irish rights. humorous conversation relieves
After an effective dramatiza- the audience from the heavy
tion of the slaying at the play's seriousness of the subject matter.
outset, the three victims are The strongest acting was in the
resurrected to demonstrate the character of Michael, the
events leading up to their deaths, dedicated and ethically-minded
from the time they found they had Irish demonstrator, and Skinner,
accidentally retreated into the the brash, free-spirited youth.
mayor's plush Guild Hall. Irish accents are more realistic
The flashback scenes of their in these two than in more incon-interaction
in the hall are con- sistent secondary characters, and
trasted by official statements con- their inner energy is constantly
cerning their killings. By alter- evident. Among the most moving
nating between the frivolous ton- scenes is when Michael comes in
versations of the unsuspecting to describe his thoughts im-victims
and the rigid, impersonal mediately before his death.
statements of the court and Blocking is very natural in the
witnesses, Friel insists on the Guild Hall scenes and contrasts
demonstrators' innocence and the strongly with the stiff courtroom
Britons' injustice. statements. Lighting is effectively
The writer's opinion is made done to focus on different parts of
more insultingly obvious by stage.
presenting a sociologist who ex- Contrast is further accomplish-plains
how the demonstrators are ed in the set which puts the stately
victims of an unjust society, guild hall in the center, surround-casting
total blame on the British ed by the crude barracades of the
government. British army.
Though the theme of Whatever may be said of the
demonstration might have been play, the contrast of alternating
more appropriately presented in scenes and characters prevents
the United States in the '60's, the the boredom which might accom-
Chimera has portrayed the story pany such a one-sided portrayal,
convincingly, due largely to the and the humor even makes some
leads. The development of three moments enjoyable.
Page 6
Bohne to study further in London
by Terri Hanson
Waiting fOr a letter of accep-tance
from a college can be very
trying. For Bruce Bohne,
however, the waiting is over
because on April 26, he was ac-cepted
to the London Academy
of Music and Dramatic Arts
(LAMDA).
The school, possibly one of the
best in the world for teaching
theatre, offers a one-year course,
in which Bruce will be participating
next fall. The course is highly
technical and therefore involves
very little booklearning.
Out of the two to three hun-dred
applicants for its one-year
course (open to overseas students
only) LAMDA chooses about 25.
Auditions were held in New
York, but Bruce had pneumonia
and was unable to go.
"I really thought that was the
end of it," he said. "I had com-pletely
given up hope of going to
LAMDA because I couldn't af-ford
to fly to London to audition
for the weekend. I thought the
Lord had closed the door, but
there was this nagging feeling in
the back of my head that said I
should write to London and ask if
I could audition there.
"I didn't really expect to go,"
Bruce continued. "I kept praying
about it but it didn't seem like I
was getting any answer from the
Lord. My audition in London was
scheduled for Saturday, April 1'5
and by that Wednesday afternoon
I still didn't know for sure if I was
going or not. About 9 p.m. I felt
like I should start packing. I left
for London the next day."
The audition took place in the
LAMDA theatre. It consisted of
performing one three-minute
Shakespeare piece and one three-minute
contemporary piece for
the vice-principal and the director
of the overseas program. After
Bruce had finished his piece they
asked him to sing.
"I thought that was a good sign
because they didn't ask
everybody to sing," Bruce said.
"However, I _ wasn't prepared
either. I told them that the only
song I knew was "They Call the
Wind Mariah," from the movie
"Paint Your Wagon." They just
looked at each other and grinned,
`Okay, great—sing it.' So I belted
it out!"
Bruce left London the 17th of
April. LAMDA mailed him the
letter of acceptance on the 20th
and he received it on the 26th.
"They didn't give me any in-dication
of their decision before I
left London. I was the second to
the last person to audition.
Maybe they had a good feeling
about me because the end was in
sight!" Bruce exclaimed.
Bruce first began to be in-terested
in theatre by going to
plays himself. "I'd go and watch
and then say to myself, 'That
looks really fun, I could do that,'
or I would say, `That was a lousy
job, I could do a lot better than
that.' "
Aside from a small part in a
high school play (which he said
didn't count any way), Bruce had
never been in theatre before com-ing
to Bethel. In his junior year he
decided definitely to head that
way. "Theatre offers so many
possibilities. It encompasses film
and video; it is really an untapped
medium," Bruce commented.
While at Bethel he has been in
such production as, "The Diary of
Anne Frank," "The Importance
of Being Earnest," and "The Hob-bit."
At the Chimera Theatre he
has been in "Death of a
Salesman," and "The Devil's
Disciple."
Presently, Bruce is directing a
one-act play here at Bethel. The
play, "The Unknown Soldier,"
will be Monday, May 8.
"Directing is really different,"
said Bruce. "I've watched my own
directors in the past and find
myself incorporating into my
directing the things I liked in
them and staying away from the
things I disliked.
"That, along with a few of my
own theories, pretty much makes
up my directing techniques. I
think it is working pretty well
because I am pleased with the
way things are working out."
So far, Bruce says he has had
no problem integrating his Chris-tianity
and his acting. "I can
difinitely see that there could be
problems ahead, though," Bruce
added. "There is a group of 400
Christian artists in London that I
hope to become involved with
while I am there. I think keeping
other Christian artists as friends is
very important.
"I really feel the Lord has
brought me this far. I realize I
can't do this on my own or I will
fall. The Lord will be my
strength."
Latin studies
cont. from page 5
It is also designed to develop
within them an appreciation for
problems and challenges facing
educated Christian citizens in
Latin America, and to help the
students increase their fluency in
Spanish and their understanding
of the history and literature of
Guatemala and Latin America.
Interested students attending
any of the 14 consortium colleges
may contact the foreign language
department at their school or ex-press
their interest to Dr. John
Dellenback, president, Christian
College Consortium, 11 Dupont
Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036
(phone number: 202/232-4477).
Hermes Floral Company, Inc.
2001 West Larpenteur Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55113
Est. 1906
STORE AND GREENHOUSES
175,000 Square Feet of Glass
Golf tournament hopefuls fear the possible return of tour-nament
founders Paul Healy and Bill Trollinger, two
former Clarion editors.
Women's tennis club wins
first victory of season
Golfers and non-golfers: Get your
entry forms in now for the Third An-nual
Bethel Clarion Como Study Day
Golf Epic. Over half of the field of 40
golfers has been filled, so please to
not delay. Fill out the form below and
place in either P.O. 91 or deliver to
the Clarion office (FA425).
Name
P.O.
Partner (if you have one)
Tennis team optimistic
though facing frustration
Festival presented tonight
by Joy Banta
With the arrival of spring the
music rooms are filled with the
sound of the combined voices of
the College Choir, Women's
Choir and Male Chorus preparing
for this year's Spring Festival.
The Festival Choir, under the
direction of Oliver Mogck, will be
presenting Haydn's oratorio,
"The Seven Last Words of
Christ," tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Physical Education Center.
The concert will begin with an
overture by the Bethel Orchestra,
conducted by Wayne Fritchie. It
will be augmented by a small con-tingent
of musicians from a St.
Paul musician's trust fund.
The Choir has been preparing
Men's track
places second
at annual meet
by Becky Olson
for tonight's concert with one
rehearsal a week since the begin-ning
of spring semester. Oliver
Mogck, conductor of the choir, is
very enthusiastic about the con-cert,
calling it their "spring pro-ject."
He feels that it will be a
very meaningful experience for
the audience and participants.
Several Bethel College students
are featured as soloists in Haydn's
oratorio. They are: Marlene
Triggs and Lori Vincent, soprano;
Teri Seegert and Marilyn
Killewald, alto; Rueben Dahl-quist,
tenor; and Brian Mulder
and Dan Peterson, bass.
The oratorio consists of an in-troduction
and seven "adagios"
followed by a passage depicting
the earthquake described in the
Gospels. "The Seven Last Words
of Christ" has been said to be the
oratorio which "most effectively
conveys the sublimity and
mastery of Haydn's music."
Steve Hawley's painting, "The
Crucifixion," which was recently
donated to Bethel, will be lit by
spotlight beside the Festival
Choir. Hawley's painting will fit-tingly
demonstrate the evening's
theme.
The Festival will follow a con-cert
format, without a proces-sional
or recessional, to set an ap-propriately
solemn mood.
There will be no admission
charge or freewill offering for the
concert.
Last Saturday the men's track
team tallied up 96.5 points to
come in second place behind St.
John's 102.5 point finish at the
12th annual Bethel Relays. Serv-ing
as hosts, Bethel earned first
place in six events and saw the
previous pole vault record broken
by Greg Stipe's third place, 14'
vault.
First place was captured in run-ning
events by Dave Clapp in the
quarter mile, Rick Brown in the
half, and John Selvog in the 400
meter intermediate relay with a
time of 54.95.
With the combined effort of
Jim Timp, Bill Whittaker, Rick
Brown, and Dave Clapp, a first
place was also taken in the 3200
meter relay finish of 7.54.
An injury suffered by Nate
Allen, after capturing first place
with John Van Loon in the 220
sprint medley, took him out of the
800 and 1600 meter relay in which
St. John's finished two tenths of a
second in front of Bethel to take
first place.
In the field events, the two best
performances added together, ex-cluding
pole vault, to determine
placing makes up a unique
feature of the Bethel Relays.
Bethel took a first place in the tri-ple
jump with a combined score
of 83'7". A 251'6" combination
captured third place for Dave
Steeves and Steve Carrigan in the
discuss relay.
The running events were con-cluded
for Bethel with a second
place finish for Nate Allen in the
100 yd. dash, a fourth-place for
John Selvog in the high hurdles,
and a third in the shuttle hurdle
relay.
After coming through in so
many spots last Saturday, the men
are looking forward to the
nonscoring meet tomorrow at
Macalaster in which the emphasis
will be placed on individual per-formances
and preparation for
their first participation in the
MIAC meet May 13th.
by Jon Fast
The Bethel men's tennis team
evidenced frustration last week as
it dropped its last three meets,
losing to the University of
Wisconsin-River Falls, Gustavus
Adolphus, and St. Olaf.
"It's frustrating because our
players are not used to losing this
often," said first-year coach Craig
Schmidt. His team has experienc-ed
a type of "culture shock" upon
entering into the highly com-petitive
MIAC after years of
dominance in the relatively weak
Tri-State Conference.
"We are just not used to play-ing
this type of competition every
week," he said.
In addition to this problem, the
team has been hampered by a
lack of good practices. Schmidt
pointed out, for example, that the
first and second singles players on
any tennis team should be playing
each other every day in order to
be at their best.
Because of class scheduling
conflicts and poor weather,
however, it was not until two
weeks ago the Bethel's top two
players, Steve Brown and Greg
Kuntz, could practice with each
other.
These problems didn't help
matters as Bethel traveled to
River Falls on April 27, where on-ly
fifth singles players Mark
Norlander and sixth singles player
Wayne Abbot could muster wins
in the 2-7 defeat. Last Saturday,
insult was added to injury as the
Royals were shut-out by St. Olaf
and nearly shut-out by Gustavus
Adolphus 1-8.
Despite all the frustration
Schmidt remains optimistic. "This
year has been a learning ex-perience,"
he said, as there are
many things he plans to do dif-ferently
next year in coaching the
team. Schmidt also noted that the
team is young, having only one
senior, Bob Corson, on its roster.
The Royal netmen will con-clude
their schedule today and
tomorrow at the MIAC con-ference
meet.
Last Saturday, on another cool
and somewhat windy morning,
the Bethel women's tennis club
beat St. Paul-Concordia, 6-3, for
its first victory of the season.
Bethel started well and led 5-1
after singles. Singles winners for
Bethel were Ruth Swenson, Lisa
Mills, Karen Koehn, Alice
Johnson, and Lynn Schroeder.
Some stiffer competition came
by Dan Erickson
Ron Hanson shot a blistering 78
to finish first in a field of 21 and
lead the Royals golf team to vic-tory
over Augsburg and St.
Scholastica last Tuesday. Daryl
Peterson shot an 81, while Craig
Hanson and Bruce Peterson
finished at 84. Dave Cragle holed
in at 88.
It was Ron's consistency in
making 10 putts over five feet that
was the key to, in his own words,
"a truly amazing performance."
Ron, as Bethel's resident golf
fanatic, finally saw his experience
of living, eating, and sleeping golf
pay off. (Ron is the person you
often see putting in the hallways
with an imaginary golf club.)
"The secret to good golf is the
in the doubles, with only one
Bethel pair winning. Ruth Swen-son
and Alice Johnson teamed for
the victory.
Coach Kirk Freeman com-mented,
"Our strength was
definitely in our singles, and that's
how we pulled through."
The next match will be on May
6. A date has not been set for the
final match of the season.
ability to turn three shots into
two," says Ron. Ron then went on
to explain briefly, for about 45
minutes, what he meant by this
last quote. (None of it was worth
printing.)
The St. John's Invitational was
marred by rain, and as a result the
scores were not quite so im-pressive.
Craig Hanson and Daryl
Peterson entered the clubhouse
with 84's. Ron Hanson scored 89.
The Invitational was won by St.
Cloud State. Bethel finished 12th.
But in the words of Ron Hanson
"Bad days are inevitable; they are
easily forgotten." _
The golf team is looking ahead.
This weekend they end their
season with the MIAC Tourna-ment.
The first round will be shot
on Friday, the last on Monday.
Hanson leads Bethel victory,
offers free golfing advice
FALCON HEIGHTS PHARMACY
1707 N. Snelling Ave.
(Larpenteur at Snelling)
646-4555
9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily
(Including Sun.)
• Free prescription delivery to Arden Hills campus
• We cash checks for Bethel students with ID.
Page 7
Poised for action, senior co-captain Ruth Moser prepares
to fatten the .500 batting average she has compiled so far
this season.
Softball team 3-4 for week,
state tournament starts today
Seventh inning homer
Kaihoi powers Bethel over GAC
by Steve Erickson
The baseball team's frustrating
season took a turn for the better
last weekend, with the Royals
winning three out of four road
games from Gustavus and Car-leton.
On Saturday, Bethel split with
the Gusties, winning 5-4 in the
opener and losing 2-0 in the
nightcap. Gustavus came into the
weekend leading the MIAC with a
9-1 record but dropped into a first
place tie with St. Olaf after the
smoke had cleared.
Dean Kaihoi provided the he-roics
in the first game. With two
outs in the bottom of the seventh
and Gustavus leading 4-3, Steve
Mikkelson singled. Kaihoi step-ped
up to the plate and lofted a fly
ball over the 320 foot sign in right
field ending the game. Both his
homeruns this year have won
ballgames for Bethel.
In the top of the inning, Greg
"Grump" Hanson had come on to
thwart a Gustie uprising.
Gustavus had already scored one
run and bases were loaded with
only one out. Hanson, throwing
strikes, caused the first batter he
faced to pop up. The next batter
sent a long fly to leftfield that
Mark Rapinchuk gloved.
by Rob Haglund
In what may have been the big-gest
game of the year for both
teams, Off Campus East slipped
by Off Campus West 2-0 to raise
its record to 3-0 in IM softball.
The amazing thing about the
win is that OC East did it without
even lifting a bat. Only three
members of OC West's team
showed up and so OC East was
given the win of forfeit.
The fact that OC East had only
six players at the game was
somewhat suprising also. Such
delinquency is typical in games
between the faculty and an
Edgren team, but a matchup be-tween
the two off-campus
powerhouses decided by forfeit?
Unheard of!
Sixteen games so far this season
have been forfeited. There ha-veonly
been eighteen games
scheduled.
A little mathematics computa-tion
tells us that there have been
two (that's right, two) actual
games played thus far in IN soft-ball.
No doubt bad weather has
had something to do with it. And
there are certain teams that never
show up (faculty).
Page 8
Bethel had gone ahead 2-0 in
the top of the first when Mik-kelson
got aboard on a fielder's
choice, Rapinchuk walked and
Brent Bostrom singled, knocking
in one run. The second run
scored on a subsequent throwing
error. Gustavus tied it two all in
the bottom of the first. Then the
Royals again went ahead, putting
across an unearned run in the
third. In the fourth, Gustavus
knotted the score at 3-3 on a walk
and two singles and set the stage
for a dramatic seventh innning.
But in the second game it was a
different story. All the offense the
Royals could muster against the
Gustavus pitcher was a fourth in-ning
single by Rapinchuk. Al-though
the defense played well
and Scott Laugen pitched a strong
game, Bethel suffered its only loss
of the weekend.
Gustavus tallied its first run in
the second. A Gustie doubled and
then went to third when Laugen,
appealing at first, threw the ball
over the head of Mark Johnson
into rightfield. The runner scored
on a sacrifice fly. The other run
scored in the fifth on a walk and a
double.
In a conference doubleheader
Friday, Bethel swept both games
from Carleton, 7-1 and 9-6. Curt
However, there have been
more good weather days than bad
on game days and everybody
doesn't play the faculty every
game. Hopefully, the following
two weeks will see more games
being played and less excuses,
such as studying and dating, from
team members.
In the two games that were
played, New Dorm used a ten run
fifth inning to blast TH 1, 19-5
and TH 2 scored eleven runs in
the third inning, highlighted by
home runs off the bats of Roger
Smolik and Steve Walrath, to
beat Fountain Terrace A, 21-11.
Scott Riddle and Loren Bilhorn
homered for Fountain A in the
game which was shortened to five
innings because of the ten run
rule.
The April 24 games which
were rained out have been
rescheduled for Tuesday, May 9
at 3:45 p.m. IM action continues
tomorrow with six games slated
including a big game between TH
3 and Fountain Terrace B.
When the regular season ends
on Tuesday, the final standings
will be computed and the top four
teams will enter the post-season
playoffs.
Oslin threw well in the first game,
allowing only the single tally.
The Royals, who had not been
hitting well all spring, finally ex-ploded
against the Cans. Big inn-ings
highlighted both games with
Bethel erupting for a six-run se-cond
inning in the opener and a
five-run sixth in the nightcap.
Bostrom's two-run homer and
Kaihoi's bases-clearing triple
were the big blows.
The four games lifted the
Royals' record to 3-9 in con-ference,
7-10 overall.
For Coach Bob Nielson and the
,players, it has been a discouraging
season. "We got back from
Florida high and ready to get
things going. But our team at-titude
was deflated by frustra-tions.
We wasted half our prac-tice
time either trying to get the
field ready or looking for another
field to practice on," Nielson said.
He continued, "Then we got off
to a bad start, outplaying St.
Mary's all over the field yet losing
both games by one run. It's hard
to pump yourself up after you
keep getting beat. But this
weekend we started to play good
ball, our hitting is coming
around."
Bostrom is the team's leading
hitter with three HR's and a bat-ting
average hovering near .400.
Kaihoi and Dave Hepburn are
also over .300. But a lack of
power is evident, with the trio's
six homeruns accounting for the
team total.
Tomorrow the team travels to
Collegeville to take on St. John's
at noon.
Women's team
takes first in
two-mile relay
The women's track team com-peted
at the Private College In-vitational
last Saturday and plac-ed
fifth in a field of 10 schools.
Five Bethel records were
broken in the meet. Lynn Sever-son
ran the 100-yard dash in 12.3
seconds and Sandi Hobbs placed
fifth in the, 220-yard dash in a
Bethel record 27.6 seconds.
The two mile relay team of
Brenda Harris, Gail Anderson,
Bobbi Hersch, and Denise Egge,
which has qualified for regional
competition, took first place in a
record setting 9 min. 44 sec. The
medley relay team also took first-place
honors.
Brenda Haths took third in the
mile at 5:40, and Bobbi Hersch
placed second in the 440 with a
time of 61.5, in other Bethel
highlights.
This weekend the team will be
at the U of M for state competi-tion,
both Friday and Saturday.
by Carol Madison
A week of seven games left the
Bethel softball team short in the
win-loss column. The Royals lost
four games and won three in a
schedule that had the softballers
playing games four days out of the
week.
Bethel lost both games of a
double-header to Normandale on
April 25, 11-7 and 3-2. Cindy
Martin was the losing pitcher in
the first game, which was lost
because of errors at crucial times.
Ruth Moser went 4-4 and Janet
Reynolds 2-2 in hitting.
Janet Soic pitched a strong
game, which was highlighted by
Janet's nine strike outs. Team hit-ting
was not as good as the first
game, which accounted for the
loss.
The loss streak continued as
Bethel lost to Augsburg on April
27. The team got only six hits
against the strong Augsburg
team, which along with crucial er-rors,
was a loss factor.
Good defensive playing turned
things around as the softballers
won both games in a double-header
with St. Mary's, 10-0 and
11-5. Soic again pitched a strong
first game, which was called after
five innings because of the 10-run
rule. Ruth Moser and Janet Peter-son
went 3-3, and team commit-ted
only one error.
Cindy Martin struck out five in
the second game in which
everyone played. Tammy Brace
connected for a home run and
three RBI's and went 2-3, as did
Martin.
Bethel scored six runs in the
sixth inning to overcome a deficit
and defeat Carleton 10-6 in the
first of two games on Saturday.
Martin was the winning pitcher,
and had three RBI's. Ruth Moser
also had three RBI's and went 3-4.
Bethel then ended the week
with a close loss to St. Olaf. The
game was tied 4-4 until the bot-tom
of the seventh when St. Olaf
scored on a single with two outs.
Martin was the losing pitcher, and
Teri Visel and Janet Peterson
went one for two in hitting.
Bethel will start play today in
the double elimination state tour-nament
at the University of, Min-nesota.
Coach Frye hopes to do as
well as last year when the team
finished near the middle of the
field.
"If we can keep our hitting up,
improve our base running, and
keep the errors to one or two, we
should do pretty well," said
'Coach Frye.
OC East remains undefeated
in intra-mural forfeiting league
MENSA
A high I.Q. group
A combined SAT score of 1300 qualifies you
for information call 925-2577
Ask about first Friday